Is Ascension Day the Fifth Christian Holy Day? Celebrate Jesus’s Return to Heaven, Which Prepares the Way for Pentecost In my post The Four Main Christian Celebrations, I list for holy days (holidays) that smartly recognize Jesus and succinctly...
God’s Sends Us a Gift on Pentecost On Pentecost God Gives Us the Holy Spirit as Our Guide to Replace the Law Pentecost occurs fifty days after Resurrection Sunday (Easter). It’s a significant event in the early church. That’s when the Holy Spirit...
Top Easter Posts Meditate on the true meaning of Easter as a Christian Holy day of Ultimate Importance Every Sunday morning for several years I have shared my thoughts about God, the Bible, and the church on this blog. Because Easter always falls...
Which is More Important, Good Friday or Easter? Should Christians focus on worshiping Jesus who suffered or Jesus who rose from the dead? As we move through Lent and approach Holy Week we anticipate a series of significant days: Palm Sunday...
What’s the True Meaning of Easter? Happy Easter! Easter is a celebration, not of chocolate eggs and fluffy bunnies, but of the greatest event in history. Christians everywhere know what this is, and we use big words and confusing terms to explain...
Celebrate Easter as a Spiritual Holiday We’ve mostly lost Christmas as a spiritual celebration. Let’s not lose Easter too This spring some groups have banned Easter egg hunts—not the activity but the name. Concerned pundits decry this...
Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Fasting This week, many in the Christian community will observe Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of the season known as Lent, a solemn journey towards Easter. For some followers of Jesus, Ash Wednesday is...
Let’s Reclaim Easter Before It Loses All Meaning According to those who track public thought and opinion, the majority of people don’t realize that Easter is a religious holiday—or at least a holiday with a religious origin. The commercialization...
Happy Easter We’ve had a beautiful week here in southwest Michigan, with record highs in the low 80s for the past two days. As a consequence, I’ve been hit hard with a case of spring fever. The last remaining pile of snow has melted—it was...
