While growing up, we spent almost every vacation going home to Tennessee where both sides of our extended family lived. “Going home” was the phrase I remembered hearing a lot. Sometime, around age 10, we had to visit the big city of Nashville, Tennessee as my grandfather was in the hospital. We…
Being Transparent
The crucifixion happened, three long days ensued, the resurrection happened, Mary saw Him, the other women saw Him, Peter saw Him, the Emmaus Road travelers saw Him, and finally the disciples saw Him. It was a busy few days. Before Jesus ascended back into heaven, there were about 11 appearances…
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The walk to Emmaus was a 7 mile journey from Jerusalem. There were 2 followers of Jesus on the road to Emmaus the first day of the week after Jesus had been crucified and buried. They were walking back home somewhat defeated because the man they thought would overtake Rome and save…
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The wise men came bearing gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh when they came to see Jesus for the first time. Why were these gifts of significance? Gifts were typically given to kings when people came to see them; therefore, gold and expensive oils would have been of significance especially when…
