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16 mins read|04/09/20So let’s go to dark Gethsemane. For there we see that even in his greatest moment of weakness, Jesus is our only source of strength. He drinks the cup of wrath so we can drink the cup of grace.
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10 mins read|04/09/20This is how the God of Abraham has become our God, too. This is how God has fulfilled His promise to Abraham and His promise to us: by breaking open His own body and shedding His own blood.
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10 mins read|04/08/20In the upper room, Jesus revealed himself as the Lord of the dirty business of life.
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15 mins read|04/05/20Luther sees in the Lord’s Supper the most concentrated form of the Gospel[5] because in it the death of Christ is proclaimed and the benefits of that saving death are bestowed in His body and blood given us to eat and drink.
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7 mins read|04/05/20This text is chosen for Maundy Thursday and involves eating and drinking with God—in His presence, real presence. This is only possible with the shedding of blood.
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12 mins read|04/18/19Maundy Thursday is only the beginning of the long, grievous road Jesus must take before “it is finished” three days later.
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13 mins read|04/14/19As preachers approach Holy Week, it is sometimes difficult to plan ahead. With a number of sermons to prepare, it can sometimes feel like you’re just trying to keep your head above water, say whatever the given text says for that service, and move on preparing the next.
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13 mins read|03/29/18The disciples and Christ have just finished their last meal together. The disciples, of course, didn't know this, but Jesus did.
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13 mins read|03/29/18There is something about high art forms that touches the soul.
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5 mins read|05/02/16What Jesus did and gives on these two Thursdays encapsulates his whole life and mission.
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8 mins read|03/21/16He is the God who makes His glory visible in lowliness and servitude. He is the God who is so poor that He must borrow a donkey to ride into Jerusalem.
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7 mins read|04/17/14In the pageant of Easter Week, Maundy Thursday speaks about the last time Jesus ate with his Disciples and how He washed their feet in preparation for participating in the Passover meal (John 13).
