BEHOLD THE MAN

John 19:4-5 Pilate went out again and said to them, “See, I am bringing him out to you that you may know that I find no guilt in him.”  So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe.  Pilate said to them, “Behold the man.” There’s an ominous...

FREEDOM

“Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.  For the commandments, ‘You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,’ and any other commandment, are summed up in...

The Word or the World

“There’s a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.” Proverbs 14:12 and 16:25 In the Bible’s wisdom literature life doesn’t refer to mere physical existence but the way of life conformed to the will of God. Life is the path blessed by God....

AUTHORITY

John 19:1 Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him.   A fascinating thing about the Bible is that it teaches a doctrine of responsibility and authority that we’re ignorant of in contemporary America.   Pilate didn’t personally flog our Lord – tearing His flesh...