We Hear You ! by Josh Lance
We hear you! We hear you say, “I can’t wait to get back to church!”, “I’m so anxious for us to meet together!”, “I want to see the people of Otterbein again!”. We hear you and we agree!
We can’t wait to get together again either!
But I (we) as pastors and teachers can’t help but ask, what have we all learned from all of this? What is the lesson here?
I think it is simple! Read more…
The Escape of Jesus Christ
We are swiftly coming to EASTER! How wonderful it is to remember and reenact and celebrate the ESCAPE of Christ Jesus from the tomb. He died and lived again! No one else ever did what he did. And no other act in history offers us the HOPE that the resurrection does! But what about afterwards? Jesus remained on earth for over a month after the resurrection. What was his emphasis during that time? Read more…
Father Forgive Them
While he was hanging on the cross, Jesus made several statements. These have often been the topic of HOLY WEEK sermons and services. Probably the most amazing statement he made was this, “FATHER, FORGIVE THEM. THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO” (Luke 23:34). How true that was! These executioners surely had no idea that the very deed they were carrying out was the very event which could enable God to forgive them and all other men. They didn’t know what they were doing! They were performing a sacrifice of the innocent for the guilty, the perfect for the sinful. Read more…