There's only one thing that gave me a sleepless night this Easter. There's only one thing that troubled me throughout the Easter morning, and that is this -- within 100 years a great majority of people I saw at Easter Service, you who are reading this, me, and even my…

Dont tell me to get over it. Divorced by some 17 years, here’s my beef still. Her maiden name is Johnson, but the last name on her drivers license was Masera - which was her previously married name before her and I were married, you follow so far? For some…

Crucifixion of Jesus After the scourging and the mocking, at about 9 AM, the Roman soldiers put Jesus’ clothes back on him and then led him and two thieves to be crucified. Jesus apparently was so weakened by the severe flogging that he could not carry the patibulum from the…

Me and alcohol abuse. Use me for example. I don't like the way alcohol affects me. That's on me. I don't like the way I feel after drinking and I'm not talking hangovers, folks, I'm talking about regret. I'm talking about shame. I'm talking about embarrassment. …

P A R T 5: CRUCIFIXION Crucifixion Practices Graphic details. Although the Romans did not invent crucifixions they perfected it as a form of torture and capital punishment that was designed to produce a slow death with maximum pain and suffering. It was one of the most disgraceful and cruel…

Alcohol Treatment. The best thing for me, the worst thing for my confidence. Up to this point, nothing in my life humbled me more than a group of eight addicts, plus myself. But nothing ever tempted me more to continue drinking than the same group of addicts, plus me. I…

P A R T 5: Three days before Easter: Scourging of Jesus At the Praetorium, Jesus was severely whipped. (Although the severity of the scourging is not discussed in the four gospel accounts, it is implied in one of the epistles [1 Peter 2:24]. A detailed word study of the…

Addiction. A scapegoat or a disease. When I first heard someone say, "My addiction caused me to do this," as a die-hard cynic, my first thought wasn't "poor guy." Or even "poor girl." It was, "wait - what? Is that right? It sounds like they're using addiction as an excuse."…

P A R T 4: F R I D A Y , A P R I L 7 30 A.D. Three days before Easter: Jewish and Roman Trials Jewish Trial. Soon after midnight, Jesus was arrested at Gethsemane by the temple officials and was taken first to Annas and then to…