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Satan and Devil

Holy Week Series Ep. 5 of 7 | Good Friday & The Cross: Mercy or Misery?

Where is the hope? Jesus has died just like any other man.

Good Friday confronts us with the most painful question of Holy Week — and the most powerful answer.

In Episode 5 of our Holy Week series, Father John takes us to the cross. Not to look away from it, but to look directly at it. To ask the question we all need to ask: why is He up there? And what does it mean for my life?

The crucifix is the central symbol of our faith. And at the heart of it is a choice every one of us faces — misery or mercy. The endless scourging of a life lived apart from God, or the healing love of a Savior who looks at you from the cross and says, I thirst for you.

Jesus is not only taking away our sins. He's coming in to overtake the tyrant who's been scourging us — and with His own hands, He will heal us, bind us, and make us whole.

Do you live in misery, or do you live in His mercy? The cross answers that question.

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His Washing

Holy Week Series Ep. 4 of 7 | The Garden of Gethsemane: Not My Will, But Yours

Can you imagine if that prayer was never prayed?

The night before His crucifixion, Jesus knelt in the Garden of Gethsemane — and the weight of what was coming was so intense He sweat blood. His closest friends fell asleep. And yet He prayed the most powerful prayer ever spoken:

"Father, not my will, but your will be done."

In Episode 4 of our Holy Week series, Father John takes us deep into the Garden — into the raw humanity of Jesus, the silence of the disciples, and what it means for us when God doesn't take away our suffering but meets us right in the middle of it.

As C.S. Lewis said, God whispers to us in our joy, but speaks loudly in our pain. Pain is God's megaphone.

Father John also shares his own personal surrender — the moment he stopped fighting God's call to the priesthood and finally said, your will be done.

What is God calling you to surrender today?

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Holy Week Series Ep. 3 of 7 Holy Thursday: The Last Supper

The night before everything fell apart, Jesus sat down for dinner with His closest friends. He knew what was coming... the betrayal, the arrest, the cross. And yet He broke bread, poured wine, and washed feet.

In this episode, Father John Amsberry takes us inside the Upper Room to understand what the Last Supper really was not just a final meal, but the institution of the Eucharist. A new covenant written not in stone but in blood.

This is the moment the entire Passover story had been pointing to for thousands of years. And most of us have never seen it this clearly.

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Holy Week Series Ep. 2 of 7 Holy Mon-Tues: Jesus Flipped the Tables in the Temple

 

The day after Palm Sunday, Jesus walked into the most sacred place in Jerusalem and turned it upside down. Tables flipped. Money scattered. Animals set loose.

But this wasn't a tantrum but It was a declaration.

In Episode 2 of our Holy Week series, Father John breaks down what really happened when Jesus cleansed the Temple and what it means for us now.

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Humiliation

Holy Week series Ep. 1 of 7 Palm Sunday: The Entrance That Changed Everything

In this special mini series of our Holy Week series, Father John walks you through the triumphal entrance into Jerusalem and why the same crowd cheering Jesus on Sunday would be calling for His crucifixion by Friday. This is Holy Week the way it was meant to be experienced. Not rushed. Not watered down. Real, raw, and transformational. 

A Clinging Christian

The Temptation