This is how the gospel sounds to humans: ridiculous. Even to the disciples.

The disciples responded poorly at first to the news of the resurrection. Remember, the road from thinking this Worthless to Worship is travelled with divine help as He opens minds and hearts.

Even the disciples needed some help to believe in the resurrection. We might expect the same from our not-yet-brothers and sisters. Please subscribe, listen and consider.

Women are the first in the resurrection news.

A Woman is the first in the seeing Jesus Himself after the resurrection.

Today, Women are the second in seeing Jesus. How do they respond?

They FALL DOWN and HOLD ON. Please listen and subscribe.

Mary Magdalene makes a mistake on Easter Sunday. She goes to the tomb to seek the HORIZONTAL Jesus, not the VERTICAL Jesus. She is seeking the dead, soon to be stinky, probably stolen body of Jesus.

Jesus asks her a great question: WHOM ARE YOU SEEKING? The answer is a lost body lain somewhere.

Let's be ready to find the alive, Vertical Jesus today.

Apparently, Mary Magdalene breaks the rules about holding on too tightly to to the resurrected Jesus. It is a sweet rule to break.

She is the first to see Jesus after His rising from the dead. She recognizes Him as He speaks her name. We'll all hear our name spoken by Jesus either in friendship or in judgment.

My recommendation is to receive Him kindly as Lord and friend, so He can address you kindly on that day. Subscribe. Like. Share.

He MUST rise. Why?

1. He said He would. Fulfillment of this promise gives us confidence in all His other promises.
2. Preeminence. His stature is exalted, leading, famous and foremost.
3. Absent this treasure of Jesus, there are no other treasures of Jesus. If this is true, so is all else. He MUST rise so that...YOU can one day rise by your faith in His Rising.

Without the reality of these 3 words, all of Christianity falls.

Without this day, there are no other days of Christianity

Absent this treasure of Jesus, there are no other treasures of Jesus.

The stone is rolled away by an angel, not to release, but to reveal. And then, to a group of most faithful women the 3 sweetest words in all of history: HE IS RISEN.

Holy Saturday is traditionally a quiet day in the Church. It is a day of thinking, reflecting and doing a private faith-check of yourself. It is the best day of the year to believe.

What you do and think on Holy Saturday depends on what you think will happen on Sunday. He gives us all we need for faith on this day. Have the faith of Easter Sunday before Easter. It is the best day to believe.

Please join me today as a humble podcaster tries to make sense of Good Friday. We'll try to give some weight to the day by looking at people who felt its weight. Some responded in fear and some with courage. The thief on the cross comes to the conviction of sin, specifically his own.

All roads of Christianity lead thru the suffering, the death, and the cross of Jesus. Please join me there on this Good Friday.