Why Was Christ Crucified?Speculates on the book `The Death of the Messiah,' by Father Raymond E. Brown, which examines Jewish involvement in the death of Jesus and dozens of other issues on the crucifixion. Brown's...
"This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins." This verse does show that God sent his Son Jesus for us because he loved us, but the last part of the verse reveals the reason Christ died on the cross, for our...
Why did Jesus Christ have to suffer? Essentially, Jesus Christ suffered and died because of sin—not His own sin, but the sins of all of mankind. Notice the prophet Isaiah’s description of Christ’s suffering: “Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been ...
Good Friday, the Friday before Easter Sunday, marks the day Jesus Christ was crucified. The Catholic law of abstinence says that Catholics aged 14 andolder refrain from eating meat on Fridays during Lent, including on Good Friday. What does Good Friday symbolize? It is theday when Christians ...
I now repeat it while absent: On my return I will not spare those who sinned earlier or any of the others, 3since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you. 4For to be sure, he was crucified in ...
did Christ Die on the Cross — if “any religion” whatsoever will bring you salvation? This question — and any conceivable answer to it — is the most compelling argument against any speculative proposition that could logically lend itself to the project of what we have come to understa...
The place where Jesus was crucified, connecting the lament of David to the ultimate sacrifice of Christ. Teaching PointsUnderstanding AbandonmentEven the most faithful can feel abandoned by God. David's cry is a reminder that expressing our deepest emotions to God is a part of a genuine ...
raised, you should stop being Christian. End of story. Specifically, the text says: “If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile… Those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied....
If I am being honest with myself I have to admit, yes. My longing to be accepted within all of my relationships before knowing Christ, stemmed out of a fear of mankind. I desired acceptance, love, forgiveness and joy to come from others. If I just did enough then they would accept ...
If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? / And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.1 Corinthians 15:20But Christ has indeed been ...