When There Is Silence

John 19:9 He entered his headquarters again and said to Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave him no answer. Perhaps the hardest moment in the life of a Christian is that moment when God is silent in the face of our sufferings or in light of grave injustice. We...

The Centrality of Scripture

John 19:6 When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, “Crucify him, crucify him!”  Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I  find no guilt in him.” It is a rare church today that reads Scripture during the service. ...

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...