A friend and I spent four Sundays in Lent talking about the cross and what it means with folks from our church. Our goal in the class was modest, to let people know that the church has never held to only one way of understanding the cross. In fact some scholars say that there are […]
Tag: Good Friday
Good Friday
Today is Good Friday, the day Christians remember the crucifixion of Jesus. It is, and rightfully so, a tough day theologically speaking. It’s not a pleasant story we tell today. My annual Good Friday question is always, “why?” Why, of all the possible ways for God to set the world right, to defeat sin and […]
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