Jesus’s Final Week – Household Words:

Shadows, Figures, Analogies. The Earthly Temple is a Frontier Outpost. Hebrews 9:24.

The week of the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ included some of the most mysterious events in all of Biblical history.[1] One that must have been shocking was that the veil of the temple was split from top to bottom. This was not just some gauzy curtain of sheer linen, the tearing of which youContinue reading “Shadows, Figures, Analogies. The Earthly Temple is a Frontier Outpost. Hebrews 9:24.”

GRIEVING THOMAS: Perhaps Thomas was not Skeptical, but Sorrowful. John 20:27-28.

One vivid memory of playing Jesus on stage is the rush of activity inside the different tombs—lifting white robes from hangers and throwing them on, tying things, adjusting my hair or wig (depending on the year), and some years, pulling a black Sharpie out of my pocket. The Sharpie was for drawing nail holes inContinue reading “GRIEVING THOMAS: Perhaps Thomas was not Skeptical, but Sorrowful. John 20:27-28.”

Jesus Was Not Defeated by the Lethargy of Senioritis. Luke 19:41-46.

After my 17 years of poor-motivation and a general lack of achievement, God dramatically led me to make the most of twelfth grade. That fall, I studied like never before, and though my spring grades would not count toward class rank, I kept at it, motivated by my own goal of making a 4.0 forContinue reading “Jesus Was Not Defeated by the Lethargy of Senioritis. Luke 19:41-46.”