Palm Sunday marks Jesus’ grand entrance into Jerusalem. Picture a hero’s welcome with people waving palm branches like victory flags, but is this how the Israelites saw Jesus’ entrance? Palm Sunday, observed one week before Easter Sunday on the Christian calendar, commemorates Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem, where he was greeted by crowds waving palm…
At its core, pride distances us from God. To become less prideful, we need to first understand what it is and how it applies to us today. In the Bible, pride is making ourselves into God. Instead of letting God lead us, we take control and try to do things our way. Obadiah 1:3 (NIV)…
This post contains affiliate links. Reading the Gospels is an important part of Christian living. It helps us as followers of Jesus get closer to him by hearing about his life and teachings. As Christians, it is our goal to become more ‘Christlike’. What better way to work towards that goal than to model our…
The Christian Bible is made up of sixty-six books: 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament. Perhaps at the centre of it all are four books found in the New Testament – The Gospels. The Gospels are the first four books of the New Testament – Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John….
This post contains affiliate links. When we hear the phrase “eye for an eye” it is often used in the context of justice, revenge, or retribution of some form. “He hurt me? Now I get to hurt him back, after all, Jesus said an ‘eye for an eye’, right?” There is a bigger picture to…
This post contains affiliate links. You may have heard the phrases “salt of the earth” or “salt and light” before and thought that it is just another thing Christians say, some call it “Christianese”. These words are actually very powerful and important to our mission and calling as believers. When Jesus said that we are…