by Ron Ethridge | Holidays, Theology
Resurrection Sunday 2018 (John 20:1-10) Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, & saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. 2 So she ran & went to Simon Peter & the other disciple, the...
by Ron Ethridge | Christian Living, Holidays, Theology
Hero To Zero (John 12:12-15) {Palm Sunday 2018} The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. 13 So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in...
by Ron Ethridge | Christian Living, Church, Church Difficulties, Current Issues, Ethics, Holidays, Pastoral Ministry
Martin Luther King Day and Race in a Birmingham Congregation On purpose I didn’t post this on Martin Luther King Day. I post it now because the holiday brought to memory an event when I was pastor of a congregation in Birmingham, Alabama a few years ago (Writing this...
by Ron Ethridge | Christian Living, Holidays
Christmas and REAL Gold (Matthew 7:12) Today is Christmas Eve. Tomorrow we celebrate Jesus’ birth as God’s grand eternal plan to glorify Himself by having a people He chose as His own[1]… to save from His wrath[2]… to live lives that glorify Him.[3] Now… let’s...
by Ron Ethridge | Holidays
God provides… protects… & blesses His children. He does this in ways we can’t comprehend. He’s never late, He’s always on time, with exactly what’s needed. This is seen in the first part of the Christmas narrative FROM DANIEL. I need to explain what I mean…...
by Ron Ethridge | Holidays, Reflections, Theology
This is my favorite Christmas message… Daniel, The Magi, And Jesus (Dan 2:1-11, 48) God provides… protects… and blesses His children. He does this in ways we can’t comprehend. He’s never late, He’s always on time, with exactly what’s needed. This is seen in the...
