
Lent 2018 | Day #17: Sacrifice
What did God value in humanity to set into motion the sacrifice of Jesus upon the cross? Continue reading Lent 2018 | Day #17: Sacrifice
What did God value in humanity to set into motion the sacrifice of Jesus upon the cross? Continue reading Lent 2018 | Day #17: Sacrifice
This sermon was preached at Ambassadors of Christ Fellowship on May 1, 2016. Continue reading Sermon | “The Means of Salvation: The Cross”
33 And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Mark 15:33-34) Meditation on the Fourth Word Jesus thirty-three years on earth were the most turbulent years in the … Continue reading The 7 Last Words of Christ | “Forsaken”
The cross is not random suffering, but necessary suffering. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer via Scott Thomas | @acts29 Continue reading unConventional Twisdom
This is part of the series What is the Gospel? As we approach Easter I am confronted with the same question I find myself asking during this time of year, “Was there another way?” The answer to this question is a resounding “No.” The way of the cross is the way that God has chosen to supply redemption to sinners. As one reads the gospels … Continue reading What is the Gospel? (Pt. 6) – “The Remedy Delivered (Pt. 2)”
There is within each of us a tendency to draw our attentions inward. We are surrounded by a multitude of stimuli. Each voice calling us to become so immersed in our own perceptions and experiences that we have to work to consciously lay them aside to even try and connect to something other. As I think of the cross of Christ I am confounded by … Continue reading The Cross of Christ