WILLIS STOTT CHRISTIE 1926-2020 Grandpa Christie, gathered to his fathers and into glory on the Thirtieth of April in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Twenty. One of our longest, most cherished family traditions is Thanksgiving Dinner at Grandpa and Grandma Christie’s house in Cheyenne. We’ve done this as long as I’ve been alive and before. Before the meal, we’d gather around, sometimes dozens of relatives, hold hands in a circle and give thanks before serving up. Grandpa …
Month: April 2020
Rick Semin, I simply knew him as “Coach Rick.” It’s been one year since he departed this life to be in the eternal presence of our Lord. All who knew him would agree we lost him too soon. It was sudden, unexpected, tragic. But one year later I’ve had some time to think about all the wonderful memories we shared together. He was my coach from 8th grade all the way through High School. We had good seasons, we had …
And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men. Matthew 28:2-4 What a glorious morning! Early did the women rise and go to the tomb. But they were met with a very different scene than …
And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. Isaiah 53:9 The apostle Paul in his letter to the Romans told us that the wages of sin is death. The rate is non-negotiable. Thus, if the Messiah was come to be the substitute for sinners, death would be the price. Praise God this was a price he was willing to pay. …
And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent. …
Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly. John 13:26-27 We come now to John 13, the scene of Jesus and the disciples reclining around the table eating the Passover feast; it is a familiar one. …
Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. John 13:1 As you read these final chapters of Christ’s earthly life, you can just feel the tension building, and it continues to build until resurrection morning. In the tale of the Lord of the Rings, in a conversation …
But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him: That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? John 12:37-38 After a brief respite in Bethany, Jesus returns to the Temple for a day, even to the present time, remains one of the most significant days in the life and ministry of …
Today, we examine the culmination of his entry into Jerusalem, the second cleansing of the temple. …
All the events which follow in the days leading up to the cross deserve your hosanna, and at the empty tomb, you may rejoice. …