It’s hard for me to think about Jesus suffering and death. In fact, it’s impossible for me to find a word to adequately describe my feelings when I truly pause to think about Jesus willingly allowing Himself to be tortured in every way for my sins. I can’t imagine the physical pain He endured. And…
It’s hard to think about the reality of Jesus’ suffering and death on the cross. I’ll never forget the first time I watched the movie, The Passion of the Christ. I’d read the Bible and knew the account well but it was always easier to imagine the scene through cleaned up artwork and Sunday School…
I have a hard time getting my brain around all that this day we call “Good Friday” embraces. When I think about the betrayals and denials, trials and lashes, a crown of thorns and crowds shouting “crucify Him” … all pieces of the day that Jesus suffered and died. How can we call it ……
It’s hard to think about the reality of Jesus’ suffering and death on the cross. I’ll never forget the first time I watched The Passion of the Christ. I’d read Scripture and knew the story well but it was always easier to imagine the scene through cleaned up artwork and Sunday School drawings. I don’t…
As you focus your heart and mind on Jesus suffering and death today… I want to ask – an important Good Friday question. How do you see Him? Pleading and praying in the Garden of Gethsemane? “My Father, if it is possible, do not give me this cup of suffering. But do what you want, not…
On Good Friday followers of Jesus focus their hearts and minds on the cross. In 1991, Pope John Paul II revised the 14 Stations of the Cross to align withevents as they are found in Scripture. Walk the steps of Jesus, our Lord and Savior, through the stations of the cross . . . remember that…
A hammer and nails . . . so common in the life of a carpenter. Did Jesus know the role they would play in his work of redemption? A crown of thorns . . . simple stems from His creation. Did the king of the universe know they would cause Him so much pain? Betrayal,…
