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LENT: The Mystery of the Cross
We are told that Christ was killed for us, that His death has washed out our sins, and that by dying He disabled death itself. That is the formula. That is Christianity. That is what has to be believed. Any theories we build up as to how Christ’s death did all this are, in my view, quite secondary: mere plans or diagrams to be left alone if they do not help us, and, even if they do help us, not to be confused with the thing itself. All the same, some of these theories are worth looking at.
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C.S. LEWIS
No single perspective exhausts the meaning of Jesus' death. Think of them as...windows through which we can discover the core achievements of Jesus' willing sacrifice on the cross. As you look through each window I pray that you will come to a deep, deep awareness and conviction that what was done there was done for you, and for the world.
––DARRELL JOHNSON
The gospel of John tells us that just before breathing his final breath while hanging on the cross, Jesus said, "It is finished!" (John 19:30). What is finished? What is done that never needs doing again? Why did Jesus have to die? How does it change things for us?
Even two thousand years after the Christ event took place, such questions still permeate our consciousness as the story of Jesus continues to be told. In this Lent season, join us as we look through several 'windows' on the death of Jesus––six different scriptural images that together seek to convey the meaning of the mystery that lies at the heart of our faith.