A Parable of Simon from Cyrene
A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross.
A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross.
"Blessed are those who have not seen and have yet believed.
A second resurrection was soon to happen. A shame-filled Simon Peter fiddled in cold Galilean sand as he sat beached beside Jesus, enjoying the dawn brekkie.
Dawn spawns a new day. Dawns just do that. Without any effort they dispel darkness. With Easter Sunday's new dawn, the only bright eternal dawn arrived.
What truly happened at Calvary? He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all. . .
The cross of Christ will always be an offence to the natural man. ~ anon At 3pm Jesus uttered His final pain filled cry into all time.
The transformational journey of Jesus' death and resurrection is the only, and almost always denied—message of salvation's one truth.
Jesus set a model for mankind in the bearing of much pain. There is a green hill far away that our Lord and King forcibly climbed.
It was Easter day. As two disciples walked to Emmaus from Jerusalem, their hearts burned within them, for Jesus too shared their journey.
The Easter story and post-Easter story are rich with surprising events, fulfilled prophecy and the compelling supernatural.