Welcome Home – Easter Sunday

We have been on a journey throughout lent and now we come to the end. But the end of our journey is not our end, but only the beginning. The end of the journey is life forever with our risen Lord. We did not journey away from home, but to it.

Jesus Prepares All Things that We May Have Life

This text is all about preparation. The Lord brings the Jewish leaders to the final decision to crucify him. The Lord prepares the crowds for Palm Sunday. Most importantly the Lord prepares his disciples for death and life. He prepares them for His coming death and resurrection with a threefold lesson about faith. 1. The Glory of God is found in the cross. 2. Faith will wait on the word of God. 3. The end result of the faith that waits is life.

Jesus Prepares All Things That We May Have Life

This text is all about preparation. First Jesus prepares the very ones who hated Him to carry out His will and deliver him up to death. At other times Jesus withdraws. He withdraws from Jerusalem, he withdraws from the crowds when they seek to stone him or confront him, but that is only because it

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