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Sunday Worship (April 27th)

This week, we continue with the Easter Celebration that will last fifty days—until the day of Pentecost. In John 20: 24-31, Jesus appears to the disciples and reveals the miracle of the resurrection to his closest friends. Some choose to believe without a doubt that Jesus is indeed alive, while others are more pensive and need to see some convincing evidence.

Poor Thomas has been ridiculed through the years for being a skeptic. He might be the only other disciple whose character has been attacked just as much, if not more than Judas. My heart goes out to Thomas because he’s just more honest about his inability to believe. I’d imagine if we could have interviewed each disciple behind closed doors, with no witnesses to the words, they would have said, each one would admit that they were having trouble accepting the good news of the resurrection. After all, dead people rarely walk and talk and continue to perform miracles. - Rarely are tombs empty after a person is laid to rest in them.

Indeed, Thomas’s doubt reflects a very, human, moment - an honest struggle to believe in something extraordinary without firsthand reassurance.

Yet, it is through Jesus’ patience and grace - His appearance to Thomas and the invitation to touch his wounds - that his doubt is transformed into faith.

Come to worship this Sunday as we begin a new Worship Series entitled “The Cup Of Freedom” and learn how our doubts and questions are instruments that can be freeing, transformational, and move us closer to the Risen Christ.

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