Dismissing Jesus: How We Evade the Way of the CrossDouglas M. JonesPeter J. Leithart
The article examines how Jesus Christ inaugurated the Kingdom of God on the cross based on a so-called kingdom perspective of atonement. Topics covered include the role of the death of Jesus Christ in bringing about God's acknowledged rule, interpretation of the atoning work of Jesus Christ ...
How many Stations of the Cross are there? How do I pray the Stations of the Cross? Do you ever wonder what it was really like to be at the Passion of Jesus? Our tendency is to approach the Gospels as history, far removed from who and where we are today. The temptation is to ...
Jesus replied," I love you this much." and he stretched his arms to the cross and died for us. If you believe in God, you will send this to everyone on your list. I like you because of who you are to me. I treat you as a true friend. Send this to all people in your list...
In part 2, we explored how Jesus saves us from our villain (present tense). Now we focus on other consequences of sin: disease, suffering, death. Human sin may be the “final boss” at the cross, as we said last week. Yet in the end, “the last enemy to be destroyed is death”...
What defeated Satan and all his dark powers? The physicaldeath of Jesus on the cross. And what did Jesus do when He died that day on the cross for all of us? He shed His Blood! This is why Pleading the Blood of Jesus works so well in real life combat situations when it really is...
As Easter Sunday approaches and Christians everywhere remember Jesus’ journey to the cross, we can’t help but wonder about his mother who stuck by His side till the bitter end. How old was she when he died on the cross, and when did she realize what route her son's life was going ...
Yes, Satan is a formidable adversary (1 Peter 5:8), yet the Lord Jesus Christ has already conquered him on the cross (Colossians 2:15) and will one day consign him to hell (Revelation 20:1-10). Jude 8-10 and 2 Peter 2:10-12 rebuke those who verbally abuse spirits. Indeed, we ...
That’s what the Eucharist is; it’s our participating in what Jesus did for us on the cross 2,000 years ago, and that is by divine commandment. See, Jesus knows, Karen, that you and I, as human beings, need more than just to remember something Jesus did. We need to experience ...
Hebrews 4:13-16 says: “And there is no creature hidden from His sight but all things are opened and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do. Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our ...