-
Offending Christ
Jewish historian Josephus called the crucifixion, “the most wretched of deaths” Roman philosopher Cicero asked that decent Roman citizens not even speak of the cross because it was too disgraceful a subject for the ears of decent people. With the picture of a girl posing in a sexual manner at the cross during holy week…
-
Holy Week Blog 2: Jesus Cannot Love you More………
…… because He has already loved you fully. That is the love of Christ. When you see the cross of Christ – I hope you see the full extent of Christ’s love. Rabbi Duncan was a great old Reformed teacher in New College, Edinburgh, a hundred and more years ago. In one of his famous…
-
Holy Week Blog: How to Live Like Christ
In Ephesians 5:1 Paul tells us to be “imitators of God”. How can we obey such a holy commandment? William Temple writes: “It is no good giving me a play like Hamlet or King Lear, and telling me to write a play like that. Shakespeare could do it — I can’t. And it is no…
-
Holy Week blog 3: Come Follow Me to the Cross
Mark 10:17 ¶ As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Mark 10:18 ¶ “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone. Mark 10:19…
-
Holy Week blog 2: What Happened at the Cross?
2Cor. 5:21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. At the cross, the great EXCHANGE happened. The sinner saved because we were made righteous, while the Righteous One (Jesus), took all of our sins to himself. Jesus became sin,…