If You Were There - Friday

Transcript Have you ever had a moment where everything feels like it's crashing down around you? It’s late Thursday night, moving into the early hours of Friday.The Passover meal has ended, and Jesus leads His closest friends outside the city to a quiet olive grove called Gethsemane.The crowds and the chaos of the week has […]

If You Were There - Maundy Thursday

Transcript Have you ever been part of a big tradition everyone knows… and then something happens that completely changes how you see it? It’s Thursday night.The night of the Passover meal.The night Israelites gather to remember how God rescued Israel from slavery in Egypt -A story that had shaped the identity of Israelites for centuries.A […]

If You Were There - Wednesday

Transcript Have you ever shared something really meaningful to you, only to have somebody use it against you? Wednesday of Holy Week begins quietly.Jesus and his disciples are having dinner in the home of a man named Simon.A brief reprieve from the tensions of the weekWhen two very different moments unfold: First…A woman walks into […]

If You Were There - Tuesday

Transcript Have you ever been in public with someone who keeps saying things that put everyone on edge? By Tuesday of Holy Week, the tension in Jerusalem is thick.The crowds of people who had come to celebrate Passover fill the city.Roman soldiers are on edge.Religious leaders are watching Jesus closely. First, He's riding into Jerusalem […]

If You Were There - Monday

Transcript Have you seen that video of a Waffle House employee catching a chair? The morning after his dramatic entrance into JerusalemJesus walks straight into the temple.The temple is the center of religious life.It’s where sacrifices happen.Where people come to meet God. But what Jesus finds there isn’t worship.It’s a marketplace.Animals being sold.Money being exchanged.People […]

If You Were There - Palm Sunday

Transcript Have you noticed how the last few years have had way too many ‘historic days’—the kind that feel completely ordinary one minute, and then all of a sudden you’re wondering how much everything is about to change? It's a beautiful spring day in first century Israel.Jerusalem, the center of religious and political power, is […]

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