Suffering & Glory

Meditations for Holy Week and Easter

Best of Christianity Today

Suffering & Glory: Meditations for Holy Week and Easter

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Contents

introduction

Leland Ryken

palm sunday | The Palms, The Temple, and the Nations

Esau McCaulley

Holy Week

monday | To Truly Live, I Needed to Die

Rachel Gilson

tuesday | Set Free by the Cross, Why Do We Still Live in Bondage?

Anthony J. Carter

wednesday | The Epic Jesus Follower Fail

Tish Harrison Warren

maundy thursday | Suffering and Submission in Gethsemane

Nancy Guthrie

good friday | The Glory of the Cross

Jeremy R. Treat

holy saturday | The God Who Cannot Suffer Suffered

Wesley Hill

easter sunday | Easter Sunday

Philip Yancey

easter monday | Walking to Emmaus with the Great Physician

J. I. Packer

After Easter

first sunday | Reliving the Mystery

Robert E. Webber

second sunday | Resurrection Quartet

Eugene H. Peterson

third sunday | The Easter Event

F. F. Bruce

fourth sunday | Withering Flowers in the Garden of Hope

Stanley J. Grenz

fifth sunday | The Meaning of Christ’s Ascension

Bruce M. Metzger

sixth sunday | Is the Cross Enough?

Kelly M. Kapic

pentecost | Setting the Spirit Free

John Stott

sources

Introduction

Leland Ryken

We are so accustomed to the Christian year with its benchmarks that it is easy to overlook how significant this Christian institution is. The annual calendar of such events as Holy Week and Easter and Christmas ensures that these events will receive full attention in the life of the church and individuals. There is something systematic about the arrangement, as all of ...