"Lamentation," detail from Armenian manuscript, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, Tenn. Original source.
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Good Friday
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John 18:1-19:42 Commentary
by Cláudio Carvalhaes
After a Good Friday worship service with her friends at their African American church on the Westside, She was going to drive her three friends home.
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Isaiah 52:13-53:12 Commentary
by Samuel Giere
Preparing to preach on Good Friday is preparing to wander about in the heart of the mystery of God’s reconciling activity in Jesus Christ and (most importantly!) inviting your hearers and by extension ...
Psalm 22 Commentary
by Amanda Benckhuysen
Borne out of a gut-wrenching anguish, Psalm 22 is the cry of one who knows what it is to be bullied by his enemies, rejected by his community, and abandoned by God.
Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 Commentary
by Richard Carlson
Hebrews has the most intricate Christology in the New Testament.
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SB475 - Good Friday
March 25, 2016
Discussion on texts for Good Friday (Mar. 25, 2016): (Gospel) John 18:1--19:42; (First Reading) Isaiah 52:13--53:12; (Psalm) Psalm 22; (Second Reading) Hebrews 10:16-25.