Easter Archives » Mike Frost https://mikefrost.net/tag/easter/ AUTHOR | SPEAKER | MISSIOLOGIST | AGITATOR Sun, 09 Apr 2023 11:18:40 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 https://i0.wp.com/mikefrost.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cropped-MF.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Easter Archives » Mike Frost https://mikefrost.net/tag/easter/ 32 32 116298986 Easter: More like Game of Thrones than Peter Cottontail https://mikefrost.net/easter-more-like-game-of-thrones-than-peter-cottontail/ https://mikefrost.net/easter-more-like-game-of-thrones-than-peter-cottontail/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2019 07:21:39 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=28706 It’s Easter. A time for chocolate eggs and hot cross buns and hat parades. The sentimentality of Easter can be comforting. Cute bunnies and chicks bursting from eggs conjure thoughts about new life and fresh hope. And preachers can play into it. Easter becomes a time when they’re often reminding us to invite Jesus into […]

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]]> https://mikefrost.net/easter-more-like-game-of-thrones-than-peter-cottontail/feed/ 5 28706 The only woman to give evidence at the trial of Christ https://mikefrost.net/woman-give-evidence-trial-christ/ https://mikefrost.net/woman-give-evidence-trial-christ/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2018 22:25:35 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=27740 It is one of the most famous depictions of the trial of Christ. And the detail of each character is impressive. Pontius Pilate is there, brittle with stress and apprehension, his brow furrowed, his arms awkwardly crossed, sitting in judgement of Christ. The chief priests and elders surround Pilate, badgering him for a verdict in […]

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]]> https://mikefrost.net/woman-give-evidence-trial-christ/feed/ 14 27740 Is this the greatest Easter painting of all time? https://mikefrost.net/greatest-easter-painting-time/ https://mikefrost.net/greatest-easter-painting-time/#comments Tue, 11 Apr 2017 21:53:09 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=26795 It has the imposing title, The Disciples Peter and John Running to the Sepulchre on the Morning of the Resurrection. More often than not it’s just referred to by the shortened form, The Disciples or Les Disciples. You won’t find it in the Louvre or the Met or the National Gallery. It hangs tucked away in […]

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