Category Archives: Easter
Looking for articles and other resources related to Lent? Here are a few Lent- and Easter-related links we’ve come across recently.
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Each year, when we start talking about Lent and Easter, we hear a familiar question from some Bible Gateway visitors: “What is Lent?” Is it an official Christian holiday? Was it instituted in the Bible? What does it mean to observe Lent, and are Christians “required” to do so? For the interested, we’ll try to answer those questions here.
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Our Easter devotionals and reading plans are here, just in time for Lent! Sign up for one of our free Lent newsletters to help you focus on Jesus during the journey to Easter.
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During Easter week, we read the familiar stories of the Triumphal Entry, the Last Supper, the crucifixion… and then with the Resurrection on Easter Sunday, the story ends. Right? Not quite….
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After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb….
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Every few years, a new spectacular Bible-related archaeological claim catches media attention. Such claims dominate news websites for a few weeks and then tend to fade quickly from public attention, revealed as fakes—or at the very least shown to be less compelling than originally claimed. In recent years we’ve seen flurries of hype and interest […]
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Today is Good Friday, when Christians around the world reflect on the arrest, trial, and execution of Jesus Christ. In the Christian worldview, it’s one of the most important dates in all of history, trumped in significance only by the glorious events of Resurrection Day a few days later. On the surface, the story of […]
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Some people call it Holy Thursday, others as Maundy Thursday. But what does the “Maundy” in “Maundy Thursday” mean? It’s certainly not a commonly-used word or something you’re likely to hear outside the context of Easter. What did this term mean, and where did it come from? Etymologically, the consensus is that “Maundy” comes from […]
What film, if any, do you think most appropriately relates the Easter story?
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Just a quick reminder: many of our newsletters are tackling the events of Holy Week and Easter over the next few days. Click on any of the links to sign up and join us as we explore Jesus’ last days before the crucifixion: Join Mel Lawrenz for the final week of his thought-provoking Knowing Him […]
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