When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips.

At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).

When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman, here is your son,” and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.

Luke 23:43

One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!” But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.” Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

Speaker - Seth Major

Seth Major serves as the Lead Pastor of Reachway Church in Peoria, overseeing the church's mission, direction, and health. He and his wife, Tai, moved into the North Valley neighborhood to plant Reachway as a church that served the community in which they lived. Seth also serves as the CARES Director of the DreamCenter, guiding their outreach efforts in the community.

Pastor Josh Lee

Pastor Josh leans into a passage from Luke 9 where the disciples (and often ourselves) are preoccupied with the question of "who is invited to the table? Who is one of us?" The way Jesus lived demonstrated that everyone is in and we all belong to each other.

Pastor Josh Lee discusses the generous orthodoxy of Imago Dei and how it can be applied to interpretations and conversations about the Bible.

The Bible was written over the course of thousands of years, across all kinds of cultures and experiences of God. So changing, evolving, and adapting traditions should be no surprise.