Later that afternoon, Jesus left the city and went with his disciples to the Mount of Olives, which sits due east of the Temple and overlooks Jerusalem. Here Jesus gave the Olivet Discourse, an elaborate prophecy about the destruction of Jerusalem and the end of the age. He speaks, as usual, in parables, using symbolic language about the end times events, including His Second Coming and the final judgment.

After church, Johnny tells his parents he has to go and talk to the minister right away. They agree, and the pastor greets the family. When Jesus arrived at the Temple, he found the courts full of corrupt money changers. He began overturning their tables and clearing the Temple, saying, "The Scriptures declare, 'My Temple will be a house of prayer,' but you have turned it into a den of thieves" (Luke 19:46).

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A Christian discusses why it should not be a problem to have a prayer at a football game and expresses hope for freedom of religious expression.

Later, Jesus and the disciples left the Upper Room and went to the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus prayed in agony to God the Father. Luke's Gospel says that"his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground" (Luke 22:44, ESV). In times of discouragement, it can seem like God doesn't know what He's doing. However, the real question is whether we know what we're doing. Blind guides!...For you are like whitewashed tombs—beautiful on the outside but filled on the inside with dead people's bones and all sorts of impurity. Outwardly you look like righteous people, but inwardly your hearts are filled with hypocrisy and lawlessness...Snakes! Sons of vipers! How will you escape the judgment of hell?" (Matthew 23:24-33) Murphy slowly shook his head. “No, Father, after ya talked about ‘Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery,' I remembered where I left me hat.”The little girl came to the front of the room, faced the class, made a perky little bow, and said, “The Lord is my shepherd, that's all I want.” Good Friday is the most difficult day of Passion Week. Christ's journey turned treacherous and acutely painful in these final hours leading to his death. Nicodemus, like Joseph of Arimathea, was a member of the Sanhedrin, the court that had condemned Jesus Christ to death. For a time, both men had lived as secret followers of Jesus, afraid to make a public profession of faith because of their prominent positions in the Jewish community. Sunday tipple? I have a glass of wine at lunch and two glasses of wine at dinner every day – typically Chardonnay or Sauvignon, but it depends on what I’m eating. By 6 p.m. Friday evening, Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimatheatook Jesus' body down from the cross and lay it in a tomb.

Who was Jesus talking about during his execution when he said, 'Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.'?God is just yet merciful. How can justice be served when God loves those who deserve punishment too much to give them what they deserve?

Personally, I like the character and detail in them and the fact they were hand made and have history. I also love how timeless they are. Sunday School Lesson (John 14:1-14) Jesus is the Way, and the Truth, and the Life This week the children will be learning that Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. These Sunday School Lessons are based on the passage in John 14 where Jesus explains how relationship with Him is the only... In the accounts of the four canonical Gospels, Jesus Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem took place in the days before the Last Supper, marking the beginning of his Passion, his time of suffering, death, and resurrection celebrated during Holy Week. Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, tothe Mount of Olives, then Jesussent two disciples, 2saying to them,“Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.” 4This took placeto fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying,

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I have been very eager to eat this Passover meal with you before my suffering begins. For I tell you now that I won't eat this meal again until its meaning is fulfilled in the Kingdom of God." (Luke 22:15-16, NLT) But the Catholic church came up with a very creative strategy! They baptized all the squirrels and made them members of the church. Now they only see them at Christmas and Easter.