{"id":2244,"date":"2026-04-09T18:50:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T22:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=2244"},"modified":"2026-04-09T18:50:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T22:50:03","slug":"the-ironies-of-palm-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=2244","title":{"rendered":"The Ironies of Palm Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 3\/29\/26 by Pastor Steve Shields. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Listen as Pastor Steve speaks on three ironies of Palm Sunday.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The One who comes as King does not pursue a throne.  <\/strong>What&#8217;s the deal with the king who doesn&#8217;t pursue a throne?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The One who rides in peace causes mayhem in the temple.<\/strong>  It makes you wonder what might need turned over in your own life.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The One who rides in triumph is riding to His death.<\/strong>  Death for those in Christ is not to be feared. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What does Palm Sunday say to you?<\/strong>  <strong>You and I must enthrone this King in our midst and in our hearts.  This King will want to rearrange our lives.  The King has come to eliminate whatever keeps you from God. <\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5913\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2244-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2026\/20260329IroniesOfPalmSunday.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2026\/20260329IroniesOfPalmSunday.mp3\">https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2026\/20260329IroniesOfPalmSunday.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2026\/20260329IroniesOfPalmSunday.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?powerpress_pinw=2244-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2026\/20260329IroniesOfPalmSunday.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20260329IroniesOfPalmSunday.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 3\/29\/26 by Pastor Steve Shields. Listen as Pastor Steve speaks on three ironies of Palm Sunday. The One who comes as King does not pursue a throne. What&#8217;s the deal with the king who doesn&#8217;t pursue a throne? The One who rides in peace causes mayhem in the temple. 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