by Barry | Legacy Blog Post
Easter Sunday is typically the highest attended Sunday in a church’s year. Any guess for the lowest attended Sunday? Yep, the Sunday following Easter. That’s probably NOT the effect that the Resurrection is to have on us. In fact, it’s to have quite the opposite. And...
by Barry | Legacy Blog Post
It’s striking that the first word out of Jesus’ resurrected mouth to His disciples was simply “Peace.” It could have been a lot of things. It could have been admonishment. It certainly could have been “I told you so!” But…it was “Peace.” Yes, “Peace be with...
by Barry | Devo of the Day, Legacy Blog Post
Imagine the disciples’ situation that first Easter weekend. They’d followed Jesus for three years. They depended on Him for guidance, even for daily things like food. They found His teaching irresistible. They were moved by His mercy and compassion. And they’d just...
by Barry | Legacy Blog Post
The first word, according to the gospels of Luke and John, out of Jesus’ resurrected mouth to His disciples was simply “peace.” In John, Jesus said it first to the group (twice) then later to Thomas. While “peace be with you” was a common greeting, there is no other...
by Barry | Legacy Blog Post, Spiritual Growth
Imagine the disciples’ situation that first Easter weekend. They’d followed Jesus for three years. They depended on Him for guidance, even for daily things like food. They found His teaching irresistible. They were moved by His mercy and compassion. And they’d just...
