It is Good Friday.  It is the day that Jesus died.  We learned about Good Friday last Sunday, and we read this whole chapter with the children.  The children got to hear the full story of Jesus’ trial and execution.  A lot of times, we…

We read the passage about Jesus praying in place called Gethsemane.  This prayer seems quite different from his prayer yesterday.  This prayer is full of sorrow and dread. It is quite distressing to read Jesus being so stressed.  Also quite surprising is that he doesn’t…

After washing the disciples’ feet and sharing in the Passover meal, Jesus prays.  He prays for himself, then he prays for his disciples, and lastly prays for all believers.  This intercessory prayer is commonly called Jesus’ High Priestly Prayer.   The high priest is a…

Jesus washing the disciples feet was only recorded in the book of John.  In the rest of the Gospels, Jesus’s last Passover meal is recorded before his arrest.  Today, we are reading Luke’s passage of the Last Supper.   We start the passage with a…

We are now in Holy Week and the last week of Lent. Instead of following each corresponding day with the events in the Bible, we will be focusing on the last 24 hours before Jesus’s death.  So we are reading a passage that happened on…

Day 35 - John 13:1-17 & 34-35 - Jesus Washes Disciple’s Feet(Short version - John 13:1-11 & 34-35) It is one day before Jesus’s death.  He is sharing his last evening with them.  Day 36 - Luke 22:7-20 - The Last Supper Along with washing…

We are now in the final week of Jesus’s mission.  After all of the miracles, healing and sermons he is now heading towards the end.  The end of his ministry and the purpose of his coming is to suffer and die for us.  Jesus goes…

We start this well known parable by reading why Jesus even told it in the first place. It is because Pharisees were complaining that Jesus was hanging out with tax collectors.  Pharisee represents seemingly “good” and “righteous” people, while tax collectors represents seemingly “bad” and…

We are coming closer to the end of Jesus’s ministry.  It has been a long journey, and we come to a surprisingly important story.  I say surprisingly, because even though it is a well known story there is a surprising twist at the end that…

We read the Lord’s prayer before when we were reading the Sermon on the Mount in the book of Matthew two weeks ago.  However, this time when we reading in the book of Luke, Evan and Ian were quick to point out that it doesn’t…

Today we read Jesus talking with an expert of the law.  While Jesus talks with him, he shares a story. These stories are called parables, and Jesus uses them to teach us important lessons.  This is a well known parable of the Good Samaritan, but…

Day 29 - Luke 10:25-37 - The Parable of the Good Samaritan This very famous parable is a second response to the question of an expert in the law.  Why didn’t the priest and Levite help the half-dead man?  What does this say about the…

We come to another passage that the children learned before during worship.  It is a story about Jesus’s transfiguration.  We covered this passage at the beginning of Lent.  The children made a craft suncatcher of Jesus to show his bright clothes.   When we were…

We have been reading about Jesus’s miracles, and each time, we see more and more people becoming interested in him, and some people even proclaiming who Jesus is.  Yesterday, we read about how Jesus walked on water, and the disciples proclaiming at the end of…