Each year on Good Friday, the churches of the Ministerium of Penns Grove, Carneys Point, and Pedricktown hold a joint worship service from Noon until 3 PM. The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross are presented, with worship music and sermon messages for each word. Each year for the last six years I have participated in this service, and each year I have preached on a different word. This year (2020) was to be my seventh year, but because of the Coronavirus, the service was cancelled. And so, because I had already written the sermon, I recorded it... But I also decided to compile all seven of the messages into one podcast for Good Friday. And so, in the order below, we present to you the Seven Last Words of Christ from the Cross.
1. “Father, forgive them…” Sermon #387
Luke 23:34
April 10, 2020 – Ebenezer UMC
2. “Today, you will be with me in Paradise.”
Luke 23:43
“The Tale of the Thief” Sermon #51
April 18, 2014 – St. Paul’s UMC
3. “Behold your son…Behold your mother”
John 19:26-27
“The Heart of the Master” Sermon #161
March 25, 2016 – St. Paul’s UMC
4. “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
Matthew 27:46
“Forsaken” Sermon #219
April 14, 2017 – St. Paul’s UMC
5. “I Thirst.” Sermon #107
John 19:28
April 13, 2015 – St. Paul’s UMC
6. “It is finished.” Sermon #332
John 19:30
April 19, 2019 – New Hope UMC
7. “Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit” Sermon #273
Luke 23:46
March 30, 2018 – New Hope UMC
Compiled on April 5, 2020 (originally published April 10, 2020)
S.D.G.
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S11E41: Children of God (Agape: The Love of God, pt. 2)
S8E60: Resurrection Love (Living the Resurrection pt. 6)
S8E57: Resurrection Boldness (Living the Resurrection pt. 5)
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S8E51: Turn Weeping to Joy (Living the Resurrection pt. 2)
S11E40: From the Beginning (Agape: The Love of God pt. 1)
S8E54: Resurrection Hope (Living the Resurrection pt. 4)
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S8E50: Raised on the Third Day (Living the Resurrection pt. 1)
S11E39: Of First Importance (Easter 2024)
S7E41: Passion & Tenebrae (Maundy Thursday 2020)
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S11E38: A Song of Victory (Draw Near to God pt. 7)
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S8E49: The Coming Kingdom (Journey to the Cross pt. 7)
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S2E46: We Wish to See Jesus (Lent 2015)
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