Tag Archives: Easter

Ain’t No Grave!

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Mel Wild

As I was thinking about what I was going to share for the Easter morning service, I had the song, “Ain’t No Grave” on my mind. Then I get a call from my brother. He’d gone to the doctor for … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith, Freedom, Worship | Tagged atonement, Christianity, death, Easter, Eternal life, Resurrection, transformation | 12 Comments

The joy set before Him

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Mel Wild

We know what Jesus did, but why did He do it? What would motivate Him to suffer so unjustly, abandoned by His own, bearing the weight and sin of whole world in His own body? Why would anyone do this? … Continue reading →

Posted in Father Heart of God, Love | Tagged C. Baxter Kruger, Christianity, Easter, Good Friday, Jesus, joy, Trinitarian Vision, Trinity | 1 Comment

Easter expectations

Posted on April 17, 2019 by Mel Wild

When Jesus rode into Jerusalem on the last week before what we now call “Easter,” what do you think the people expected Him to do? Think about that for a moment before reading on. Imagine Jesus riding into your city … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith | Tagged Christianity, Easter, Expectancy vs Expectation, Jesus, Mystery | 7 Comments

What a Glorious Day!

Posted on April 13, 2019 by Mel Wild

This is from a post I wrote back in 2016 because I thought it would be good followup to my last post. We’ve been been looking at how we see the atonement and what that view says about God. It was … Continue reading →

Posted in Father Heart of God, Freedom, Identity, Love, Worship | Tagged atonement, Christianity, Easter, Happy Day, Isaiah 53, Jesus, Reconciliation, Restorative justice, Salvation | 31 Comments

On atonement theories and the nature of God

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Mel Wild

I was in an interesting conversation over at Insanitybytes22’s blog with her post, “A Wrinkle in Time….” The subject was about the atonement. You might be surprised to hear this if you’ve only heard one version of the atonement but, … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith, Love | Tagged atonement, Christianity, Easter, Penal Substitutionary Atonement | 22 Comments

Resurrection power…living on the inside!

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Mel Wild

This new song by Chris Tomlin is a great reminder as we celebrate the Risen Christ. Beloved of God, do you know what has happened to you because of Christ? You have resurrection power living on the inside! Not only … Continue reading →

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Why did Jesus do it?

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Mel Wild

The next day a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him, and cried out: ‘Blessed is He who comes … Continue reading →

Posted in Father Heart of God, Love | Tagged C. Baxter Kruger, Christianity, Easter, Jesus, Love of God, Palm Sunday, Trinitarian Vision, Trinity | 16 Comments

Hallelujah for the Cross

Posted on March 25, 2018 by Mel Wild

I love what this song says to us. It’s not just what Jesus did for us, or what He did as us, but what He did to us. It means freedom from our tragic flaw and it means life everlasting. … Continue reading →

Posted in Freedom, Love, Worship | Tagged Chris McClarney, Christianity, Cross of Christ, Easter, Jesus, Jesus Culture, Love of God, New Covenant, Resurrection of Jesus Christ | 2 Comments

About Miracles

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Mel Wild

As Easter draws near, it’s a good time to talk about its central component: the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In my recent posts, “Pulling Back the curtain on Materialism” and “God is not a god,” I tried to show incoherence of … Continue reading →