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Got Palms?
Got Palms? Shortly after Christmas, our worship planning meetings at the church turned to Lent and Holy Week. As always, there was a lengthy discussion about palms. How many should we order? Where...
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Holy Week and the Harrowing of Hell
“Why Do We Confess that Christ Descended into Hell?” 1 Peter 3:17-4:6 Palm Sunday March 28, 2010 Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church ©Scott Black Johnston 17For it is better to suffer for doing good, if...
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What Language Shall I Borrow?
Every Christmas, people approach me to request that their favorite carol or Advent hymn be sung in worship. They banter with me about the merits of “O Little Town in Bethlehem” versus “Hark the Herald...
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Hosanna
Holy Week is upon us. This Sunday we begin our sacred journey. We will stand at the gates of Jerusalem, cheer with an exuberant crowd, and wave palms as a humble man rides by on a donkey. “Hosanna!”...
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So Amazing, So Divine (Reprise)
Maundy Thursday, 2013 My favorite hymn writer is Isaac Watts. Watts, a teacher, poet and pastor of meager estate, wrote over 750 hymns while serving a small London parish in the early 1700’s. His...
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From Palms to Solitude
Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter Jerusalem! Lo, your king comes to you; triumphant and victorious is he, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey....
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