Three men on a cross

Three men on a cross

Calvary. Three men. Three crosses. Three crucifixions. Why three? The age-old story of Jesus death and resurrection would have been just as powerful if he had been alone, hanging on one single cross. The other two men did not change…

The Generosity, Courage, and Foolishness of the Cross - The Living Church

It’s a hunch, but I suspect that, if asked to explain the significance of the Cross, the average Christian would reach for John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.” Through the gift of God’s Son, we can have unmerited life instead of deserved death. The crucifixion of Jesus has done for us, for you and me, what we could never have done for our…

Three Quotes about the Cross to Consider Today

On this Good Friday, consider these thoughts: Christianity is the only religious faith that says that God himself actually suffered, actually cried out in suffering. Now what good is that? To Jesus’s followers assembled around the cross, it certainly seemed senseless: that there was no good in it at all. But in fact, they came to realize that Jesus’s suffering was of immense good to them, as can we. Why? Because they would eventually see that th…