“The Death of Jesus Christ, our Lord, We celebrate with one accord.” Do those words strike you as a bit odd? I remember when I was a little kid – that was my favorite hymn on Maundy Thursday. I remember some of what we sang when I was little; many wonderful hymns in TLH, both in the pews and in our grade school choirs. I remember specifically singing that hymn and “Lamb of God, Pure and Holy” with the Passion History every Lenten Wednesday. . . .

“Why do we call today Good Friday?” Many people have asked that question. Why do we call today Good Friday? What’s good about it? It was a bad day. Jesus died. He died like a criminal. His own people had Him killed. Gentiles killed Him totally clueless about what they were doing. It was so bad the sun quit shining for 3 hours. Why do we call today Good Friday? . . .