Most of us have heard the cry before. “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” Those words are often spoken softly in sanctuaries, or read slowly beside a hospital bed, as though they belong only to moments of grief. But when Jesus spoke them from the cross, He was doing more than expressing …
Continue reading The Crimson Worm and the Cross: The Hidden Meaning of Psalm 22
(Reflections from Sunday's Message) They dragged her into the temple that morning.Dust swirled around her feet, shame clung to her shoulders.The crowd pressed close, their fists heavy with stones and hearts heavier with judgment. She was guilty, they said. The law was clear. The punishment was death. And then there was Jesus. He didn’t raise …
This week begins the sacred remembrance of Christ’s suffering as He walks the road to Golgotha. Each year, I trace those final steps again—through the pages of Scripture, along the shadowed path of sorrow that leads to the Cross. And today, one verse stopped me in my trek: “Then took they him, and led him, …
Continue reading Following Afar Off: When Love Hesitates (Luke 22:54)
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