Good Friday is called “Good” because of the day’s connection to Easter. Certainly, the actual day of Jesus’ death did not feel “good” to any of His family or friends. But then, on Sunday morning, resurrection redefined His death. Since then, every Holy Week Friday has been called “Good Friday” because it occurs after the Resurrection of Christ. The Good Friday worship service is a solemn remembrance of the Crucifixion done in the knowledge that death is the precursor of the Resurrection.

The Bible, if you will, is a love story. It’s roughly 840,000 words that tell us how special we are to God. Everything’s going well in the beginning. God has created the heavens and earth, and His favorite part of the day is spent with Adam and Eve in the garden. But, by the end of the third chapter, only 2,100 words in, they have sinned and been separated from God’s presence.