Explaining that his time had come in John 12:24, Jesus said that a grain of wheat could not bear fruit unless it first fell to the ground and died. The crucifixion may be the last stop in our Holy Week journey but for Jesus it was the next step in the process. He Cannot Save Himself is an old favorite of ours on Good Friday. Here are some other bits and pieces you might enjoy.

A few years ago Coffee with Jesus ran a special strip for Holy Saturday (also known as Black Saturday or the Great Sabbath). If you get it you get it…

There are two different versions of S.M. Lockridge’s It’s Friday that I really enjoy. Both videos were created after his death but take his sermon and set them to images. The first one below is animation, the second is scenes from The Passion of Christ.

…

His body was broken, his blood poured out. He gave himself as a ransom for many. So somewhere in between coloring eggs and cooking a big family meal on Sunday afternoon, let us bow our heads and say thank you. Salvation freely offered to us was not without cost. But take heart, Sunday’s comin!