Jesus is paraded through the streets to Golgatha. Once there, he is nailed to the execution stake where passersby hurl insults at him and mock him. Crucifixion was not just the most horrific forms of execution ever created, it was designed to be humiliating as well; this is why crucifixions were such public affairs. For those who wanted Jesus dead all along, they now had the chance to watch this man - who seemingly attempted to upset the prevailing order – die. But for some reason that was not enough. So they mocked him, laughing in the midst of his suffering.
But in the midst of it all, the writer is whispering to us that it is precisely because he is king, because he will rebuild the temple, because he refused to save himself that he is saving others – these are the very reasons he stayed on that damned cross. This, proclaims the crucified Christ, is what the love of God looks like. In this teaching, we will seek to understand at a deepening level why Jesus stayed on that cross.
October 13, 2019: One Life – Michael Hidalgo
October 6, 2019: Hold it Like This – Michael Hidalgo
September 29, 2019: As It Should Be – Michael Hidalgo
September 22, 2019: It's A Matter of the Heart – Amanda Lum
September 15, 2019: More Than Words – Michael Hidalgo
September 8, 2019: Fruit, Meat, and Murder – Michael Hidalgo
September 1, 2019: The One About Nature and Grace and the Divine - Michael Hidalgo
August 25, 2019: Only One Thing is Essential? – Scott Oppliger
August 18, 2019: Get Ready - Amanda Lum
August 11, 2019: Baptism Sunday – Michael Hidalgo
August 4, 2019: What Jesus Said About Relinquishing Power – Paula Williams
July 28, 2019: Thou Shalt Not Cancel – Adam Phillips
July 21, 2019: Love Your Enemies - Jasper Peters
July 14, 2019: Life Remixed – Cari Jenkins
July 7th, 2019 - Christ in You - Brit Baron - Guest Speaker
June 30, 2019: A Spiritual Teacher – Michael Hidalgo
June 23, 2019: Held, Kept, Embraced – Amanda Lum
June 16, 2019: Truth and Lies and Oil – Paula Williams
June 9, 2019: Love Says – Michael Hidalgo, Hannah Thom
June 2, 2019: What's Not to Love? – Jon Gettings
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