Monthly Archives: May 2010

07

Jump Start # 90

Jump Start # 90 Mark 16:15-16 “And He said unto them, ‘Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved, but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned.”   This is what is commonly called ‘the great commission.’ It was one […]

06

Jump Start # 89

Jump Start # 89 Luke 24:50-51 “And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them. While He was blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into Heaven.”   This is the ascension of Jesus. In Acts 1, which Luke also wrote, we read, […]

05

Jump Start # 88

Jump Start # 88 Luke 24:34 “saying, ‘The Lord has really risen and has appeared to Simon.”   The discovery and excitement found on the road to Emmaus is where our verse today comes from. Jesus was raised. Two men were leaving Jerusalem and heading back home. They had been in the city for the […]

04

Jump Start # 87

Jump Start # 87 Mark 16:10-11 “She went and reported to those who had been with Him, while they were mourning and weeping. When they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they refused to believe it.”   The women had been to the tomb of Jesus. They found the stone […]

03

Jump Start # 86

Jump Start # 86 Matthew 28:1 “Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the grave.”   Resurrection day—this is the setting of our passage today. It’s early in the morning, the ground is wet, and it […]