Round the Sphere Again

The Easter Edition

The Cross
From Christianity.com, The Ironies of the Cross by D. A. Carson: The Man Who Is Mocked As King Is King, Part 1 of 4, The Man Who Is Utterly Powerless is Powerful, (Part 2 of 4).

From Ligonier Ministries: Is It Accurate to Say That God Died on the Cross? (I’ve noticed that the hymnal my church uses changes the words in hymns like And Can It Be? and Alas and Died My Saviour Die? to avoid the words that might suggest that God died on the cross. Apparently the compilers had the same scruples R. C. Sproul has.)

Monergism.com is featuring articles on the cross and that atonement this month.

The Resurrection
Thomas needed tangible proof  and “in the peculiar providence of God, the report of Thomas’s experience is one of the things the Spirit of God will use to bring [us] to faith.” (For the Love of God)

Easter Sunday in Minnesota. (The Sacred Sandwich)

Easter Food
Two sauces for baked ham. (Mennonite Girls Can Cook)

Peeps Krispies Treats (Serious Eats)

Good Friday

Am I a stone, and not a sheep,
     That I can stand, O Christ, beneath Thy cross,
To number drop by drop Thy blood’s slow loss,
    And yet not weep?

Not so those women loved
     Who with exceeding grief lamented Thee;
Not so fallen Peter weeping bitterly;
     Not so the thief was moved;

Not so the Sun and Moon
     Which hid their faces in a starless sky,
A horror of great darkness at broad noon—
     I, only I.

Yet give not o’er,
     But seek Thy sheep, true Shepherd of the flock;
Greater than Moses, turn and look once more
     And smite a rock.

—Christina Rossetti

Thankful Thursday

It’s been a busy day. I’m thankful that part of this busy day was taking part in the Lord’s Supper and remembering the sacrifice of Christ. I’m thankful for this season when the church commemorates Christ’s death and resurrection.

I’m thankful for the promise of sleep. I’m thankful that tomorrow is a new day.

On Thursdays throughout this year, I plan to post a few thoughts of thanksgiving along with Kim at the Upward Call and others.