In this video, John Dickson and Mark Driscoll talk about God; religion; justice; Richard Dawkins; the cross; blood; sacrifice and the heart of Christianity, Jesus. Check it.
Good Friday 3pm… Jesus cried out in a loud voice
And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” […] With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last. The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, heard his cry and saw how he died, he said, “Surely this man was the Son of God!”
Good Friday 12noon… darkness came over the whole land
In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the law mocked him among themselves. “He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! Let this Christ, this King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.” Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him. At the sixth hour darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.
Good Friday 9am… They crucified him
It was the third hour when they crucified him. The written notice of the charge against him read: THE KING OF THE JEWS. They crucified two robbers with him, one on his right and one on his left. Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, “So! You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, come down from the cross and save yourself!”
Pinch + Punch // April 2010
This is definitely in the top two Pinch + Punch blog posts. Wow. Some cool things coming up in April. However, the April Smashing Magazine Desktop Wallpapers are pretty lame. I’ve chosen the Revolution one below. It doesn’t look that good and the calendar has nothing on it to differentiate the different days. Dumb.
I chose it because it’s a reminder of a Bible series I’ve done about 6 times in the last year or so, and hopefully it will remind me to be ‘radially changed by the good news of Jesus’. I did the series most recently in the Riverina and I’ll be doing it in a couple of weeks with MBM Youth. Some major changes/tweaks coming for the series. I’m hoping to turn it into a free e-book for youth later in the year. We’ll see…
April is also the month for KYCK. It sounds like it’s going to be the biggest one ever, my tip is 6000 young peeps!!! I’m really excited to be preaching there. I’ll be giving the Saturday night evangelistic talk. I’ve given the talk a couple of times already and been given some really useful feedback from a preacher friend. If you’re a Christian – I’d appreciate your prayers. If you’re not a Christian – check out this crazy website.
Here’s the best of March (according to clicks) and some other stats:
- Most popular Jesus post: Riverina Youth Convention – Talk MP3s
- Most popular Life post: I played chicken with my host
- Most popular Culture post: Chuck Norris doesn’t turn 70…
- Most popular Design post: Moore Mission 2010 Blog
- 8% more hits than the same month last year
- 15% more hits than the previous month
I enjoyed the Haiku poetry anthology in the comments last month. How about we try Limericks this month?? Leave one if you’re feeling creative or bored… Thanks.