Bridgetown Audio Podcast Good Friday Homily 1 - Tree
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Apr 4, 2026 A reflective sermon traces Good Friday images through funerals, skipping stones, and the oddness of calling crucifixion good. The preacher explores biblical language of Jesus hung on a tree and links Job’s tree imagery to surprising renewal. Stories about pleaching and a tree turned into a fence illustrate life sprouting from apparent death. Listeners are invited to bring what feels dead and trust in new life.
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Skipping Rocks At A Funeral Pond
- Main Preacher (Bridgetown) recounts wandering to a murky green pond with three kids and cousins after a funeral to skip rocks as a way to pass awkward time.
- The pond image frames the sermon: a surface perfect for skimming but with unexplored, life-filled depths that mirror how we approach Scripture.
New Testament Uses Tree To Explain The Curse
- Paul and New Testament authors repeatedly call Jesus' execution a hanging on a tree (zylon), not merely a cross, linking back to Deuteronomy's curse language.
- This linguistic thread reframes the crucifixion as Jesus bearing the curse of the law by being hung on a tree, deepening theological meaning.
Tree Regrowth Mirrors Resurrection Hope
- The Old Testament celebrates a tree's resilience: even cut down, a tree can sprout again, as in Job's image of new shoots after scent of water.
- Main Preacher links this natural trait to Scripture and to modern biology: trees can regrow from planted stumps or branches, making them a unique symbol of life from apparent death.