by Ed Hogan | Mar 23, 2016 | Opinion
Foot washing will be a part of many Maundy Thursday services tomorrow. The act is intimate and can be uncomfortable to participants. At the Last Supper, the act as performed by Jesus was both practical and the perfect object lesson for humility. The actual act of foot...
by Randy Hyde | Apr 24, 2014 | General
A sermon by Randy Hyde, Pastor, Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Little Rock, Ar. April 17, 2014 Maundy Thursday Luke 22:24-30 It is always a challenge to find something new and fresh to say about the Lord’s Supper. But then again, that may not be the point; that it be...
by Keith Herron | Apr 17, 2014 | Opinion
The Thursday of Holy Week is called by a wide-ranging number of names according to one’s particular faith tradition, but most call it Maundy Thursday or more simply, Holy Thursday. It’s a day of bright wonder as we reflect upon Jesus’ simple actions...
by Diane Eubanks Hill | Jan 26, 2007 | Opinion
Ready… set… go!! Using the liturgical calendar encourages me to walk through the “ready, set” part of the spiritual journey. Keeping the liturgical seasons gives me a sense of rhythm and encourages me to set aside time to prepare. Nowhere is this more...
by Doyle Sager | Jan 12, 2007 | Opinion
Many years ago, Baptists reacted against the liturgical emphasis of some church traditions and in the process we threw the baby out with the bath water. We lost the natural cadence of the “Christian calendar.” In place of the church’s holy seasons of...