Unleavened Bread

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April 2-8, 2026

"Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth" (1 Corinthians 5:8).

These seven days of self-examination during the Feast of Unleavened Bread prove invaluable in helping us to devote our lives to God and Jesus Christ. They also also picture our eventual triumph over sin, made possible through the sacrifice and aid of Jesus Christ.

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The Christian Passover: Reviving Ancient Biblical Truth

Is the biblical Passover valid for Christians in the 21st century? While its observance is not commonplace today, history confirms that the original 1st century Christians took part in the Christian Passover as described in the New Testament book of...
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Unleavened Bread Types

Gary Petty shows us the types and anti-types covered within the Days of Unleavened Bread and how this ties together with God's plan for us.
Three Days and Three Nights
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Three Days and Three Nights

Are you aware of a major contradiction in the Easter story? It may affect your beliefs and impact your eternal life.
Beware if the Leaven of the Pharisees
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Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees

Would you recognize this "leavening" if you saw it today?
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The New Covenant Festival of Unleavened Bread

How does the Church of God know what to do and what not to do when observing the festival. Where do we get our New Covenant understanding of the Festival of Unleavened Bread and its spiritual implication for us today?
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Examining Ourselves Before the Passover

We all want to have a spiritually fulfilling Passover and Days of Unleavened bread but we also know it will take work on our part. Today I would like you to consider three things before you take the Passover this…
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You Are Not Unleavened Until It's in the Heart

As we approach the Days of Unleavened Bread, will the contents of your heart be deleavened?
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The Bread of Life

Passover and the Days of Unleavened Bread hold a powerful and meaningful metaphor for Jesus Christ's life in us.
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“Christ Our Passover Was Sacrificed for Us”

In 1 Corinthians 5:7, Paul wrote that “Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.” Do you understand the profound meaning this statement holds for Christians?
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Lessons From Unleavened Bread

In this sermon Gary Smith presents seven lessons that we can learn by proper preparation for the Days of Unleavened Bread.
A Bible open to the book of John, small cups of wine and some broken unleavened bread.
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Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread Point Directly to Jesus Christ as Savior

When studying about the right alternative to the Easter tradition—the biblical Passover and Festival of Unleavened Bread—there’s a very important question you should ask: What would Jesus do?
A young woman walking by herself.
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What to Do When Everybody Else Is Celebrating Easter

Abandoning all of the Easter traditions and replacing them with the Passover and the symbols that Christ and the apostle Paul referred to in the New Testament is a major change.
The observances of these festivals tell us that real permanent change is possible! Jesus Christ expects a transformation in our lives.
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The Passover Festival Season: Passover and The Feast of Unleavened Bread Means a Transformation

We should all perennially ask the question, Has the death of Jesus Christ made a real difference to me? Is my life really transformed? When I observe the feast of Unleavened Bread, year after year, does it have an impact...
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The Biblical Alternative to Easter

Are you letting religious traditions get in the way of a real, authentic relationship with God and Jesus Christ? There’s an answer to this problem, and it lies in the biblical festivals observed and taught by Jesus Himself.
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What We Learn from Bread

There are many lessons when considering what the Bible says about bread. Here are a few...
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This Is Our Time

Redeem the time we have left. Grow from the lessons of Unleavened Bread. This is our time.
God's GPS for You
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God's GPS for You

On the road of life where are you headed? Discover the amazing path God has mapped out for your life revealed in the Bible.
BT Daily -- Constant in Prayer
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Constant in Prayer

A lesson in faith from the early church during the Days of Unleavened Bread.
BT Daily -- What Religious Days Do You Observe?
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What Religious Days Do You Observe?

What religious days do you keep? Easter? Passover? What does the New Testament say?
"We're Still Here"
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"We're Still Here"

Is it time you ask yourself where you are in relationship to God?
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