He 1 I came to my garden, my sister, my bride, I gathered my myrrh with my spice, I ate my honeycomb with my honey, I drank my wine with my milk. Others Eat, friends, drink, and be drunk with love! The Bride Searches for Her Beloved She 2 I slept, but my heart was awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking. “Open…

Overview: Song of Solomon This book, taken by some as an allegory of the believer’s relationship with God, is better understood in its plain sense as a collection of love poems that celebrate and caution concerning human love. The joyful and sometimes erotic portrayal of the relationship between a lover and his beloved reminds us…

Overview: Song of Solomon This book, taken by some as an allegory of the believer’s relationship with God, is better understood in its plain sense as a collection of love poems that celebrate and caution concerning human love. The joyful and sometimes erotic portrayal of the relationship between a lover and his beloved reminds us…

Overview: Song of Solomon (or Song of Songs) This book, taken by some as an allegory of the believer’s relationship with God, is better understood in its plain sense as a collection of love poems that celebrate and caution concerning human love. The joyful and sometimes erotic portrayal of the relationship between a lover and…

Overview: Song of Solomon (or Song of Songs) This book, taken by some as an allegory of the believer’s relationship with God, is better understood in its plain sense as a collection of love poems that celebrate and caution concerning human love. The joyful and sometimes erotic portrayal of the relationship between a lover and…

Glory to our Lord Jesus Christ, because as we read in the scriptures at the Easter Sunday Service yesterday, death could not keep Jesus, and though he endured the crucifixion and descended into hell, he defeated death and resurrected on the third day.   And Jesus is so much more than just a God. Jesus…

In the ancient Roman Empire, the Romans used various tortures and terror in order to control various colonies of the empire. Of the different tortures, crucifixion was the most excruciating (the word excruciating comes from the word “crucifixion”) of them all – with medical precision to avoid any major artery, the Romans nailed the completely…

Jesus was arrested by the Roman soldiers at Gethsemane, and from there he was questioned and trialed all night long until early morning when he got brought to the Pilate for the final trial …   Scripture Reading: Mark 15:1-15; John 10:11, 14-18 Very early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the…

After dinner Jesus knew Judas has already left and he would return with Roman soldiers to arrest him. He goes up to a place called Gethsemane with his disciples and prayed …   Scripture Reading: Mark 14:32-42   32 They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” 33 He…

After returning to Jerusalem, Jesus knows his time on earth was coming to an end. Before he gets arrested and taken away by the Roman soldiers, Jesus chose to spend his last, precious hours with his disciples over a Passover dinner…   Scripture Reading: Luke 22: 14-20; John  13:2-7, 12-17 Luke 22 14 When the hour…