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Has family become an idol?
The Bible gives no sense that the family is an end in itself.
Why Orthodox Christians see triumph in the cross
Not just suffering
Seeing the crucified Christ in my wife’s C-section
I see love incarnate in suffering flesh, a body bearing a body in pain for love.
by Brad East
April 19, Good Friday (John 18:1-19:42)
When I say the creeds, Pilate’s name stands as a warning back to myself.
Living water isn’t just a metaphor
On the cross, Jesus needed actual water. No one gave him any.
November 25, Reign of Christ B (John 18:33-37; Revelation 1:4b-8)
The cross is both foundation and anti-foundation, a disturber of worlds.
by Brad Roth
Silence in the face of mystery
God is the encounter we can't control.
Peter doesn’t want to suffer. Who does?
Marielle Franco and the crucifixion of love
The Brazilian activist was killed by the same world that killed Jesus—a world that can’t bear love.
March 30, Good Friday (John 18:1-19:42)
Who were the people who watched Jesus' crucifixion?
They stand witness, watching in agony at his agony.
Small deceptions work like a narcotic, making us feel nicely respectable. Especially in church.
There are many reasons to deny Jesus, and we all have one.
The Gospel of John uses the word "truth" more than any other book in the Bible and way more than the other Gospels combined. Not only that, but many of the most-quoted verses in John, the ones that have shaped Christian discourse over the centuries, have been concerned with the question of truth.