March 29th, 2026 _ Crown Him With Many Crowns _ Grace Valley Church, Dundas, Ontario

About this episode

The episode reflects on the significance of Palm Sunday and the complex emotions of Jesus as he enters Jerusalem.

On Palm Sunday, Jesus Christ rides into town on a donkey and is heralded as the saviour through whom the Israelites will finally be freed from oppression. But imagine you were there, amongst all the "hosannas" in the streets of Jerusalem that day, and you could look Jesus in the eyes. What would you see? The steely flint and rebellious gleam of a warrior king who was about to overthrow the government? The haughty shine of a man who had tricked himself and others into believing he was something he was not? No, none of these things. If you looked in Jesus' eyes as He looked into the jubilant faces of the ones who were celebrating, you would likely see such a deep grief. Such unearthly wisdom. Such heartbreak. And yet such an unfathomable resolve to keep riding towards the death He knew He had to face, just a few days later. Jesus looked past the outstretched hands that were applauding Him and laying their coats at His feet and knew that those same hands would be the ones that would nail Him to a cross. Our own hearts are just as fickle as the hearts of the Israelites were on that day. The Israelites were looking for a king who would save them from oppression. Likewise, we are…

Topics covered

• Palm Sunday
• Jesus Christ
• spiritual reflection
• faith and doubt
• oppression
• leadership
• human nature

Keywords

• Palm Sunday
• Jesus
• Jerusalem
• oppression
• faith
• spirituality
• leadership
• human nature

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Psalm

Places: Jerusalem, Dundas, Ontario

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