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A 'silent sermon' on Good Friday
Luke 23:44-49 (NIV): 44 It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, 45 for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. 46 Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed his last. 47 The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, “Surely this was a righteous man.” 48 When all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw what took place, they beat their breasts and went away. 49 But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.
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A 'silent sermon' on Good Friday
Luke 19:37-38 (NIV): 37 When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen: 38 “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
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A 'silent sermon' on Good Friday
Luke 23: 20-25 (NIV): 20 Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate appealed to them again. 21 But they kept shouting, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” 22 For the third time he spoke to them: “Why? What crime has this man committed? I have found in him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore I will have him punished and then release him.” 23 But with loud shouts they insistently demanded that he be crucified, and their shouts prevailed. 24 So Pilate decided to grant their demand. 25 He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, the one they asked for, and surrendered Jesus to their will.
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A 'silent sermon' on Good Friday
Luke 23:32-34 (NIV): 32 Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. 33 When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. 34 Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.
Posted: Friday, March 25, 2016 3:31 pm
A 'silent sermon' on Good Friday
By Michelle Mann
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The Southeast Sun
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Members of the Enterprise First Assembly of God presented a daylong “silent sermon” Friday, March 25, on the lawn of their church on Boll Weevil Circle in remembrance of Jesus Christ’s agony and death on the cross on the hill at Calvary on Good Friday.
This is the second year the church has presented the “silent sermon” which is comprised of three scenarios: Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem on the back of a borrowed donkey, Jesus being beaten as he walked the Via Dolorosa on the way to his crucifixion and his death on the cross, hung between two thieves.
This “silent sermon” has generated "overwhelming positive support,” according to pastors Shawn and Crystal Crosby.
“It was a life changing experience that makes people see there is still goodness in a crazy world,” said Crystal Crosby.
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