The Impossibility of Indecision

Posted by on 3.15.16 in Faces Around the Cross, Lent

General Ulysses S. Grant “Look, he has done nothing for which he should die” (Luke 23:15 NCV). Recently I was […]

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Pilate’s Wife

Posted by on 3.14.16 in Faces Around the Cross, Lent

“While he was sitting on the judge’s bench, his wife sent word to him, ‘Have nothing to do with that […]

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The Man Who Waited Too Long

Posted by on 3.13.16 in Faces Around the Cross, Lent

“Christ before Pilate,” Mihály Munkácsy, 1881 “Pilate said to him, ‘What is truth?’ After he had said this, he went back […]

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A Second Judas

Posted by on 3.12.16 in Faces Around the Cross, Lent

“While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has […]

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How Jesus Restored Peter

Posted by on 3.11.16 in Faces Around the Cross, Lent

“Then the Lord turned and looked at Peter. So Peter remembered the word of the Lord” (Luke 22:61). There were four steps […]

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Be Prepared!

Posted by on 3.10.16 in Faces Around the Cross, Lent

Jesus answered, “I tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today, you will deny three times that you know me.” […]

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Did Judas Repent?

Posted by on 3.9.16 in Faces Around the Cross, Lent

“When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces […]

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Caiaphas: Close But Not Close Enough

Posted by on 3.8.16 in Faces Around the Cross, Lent

“Christ Before Caiaphas,” Matthias Stom, ca. 1633. “Now Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it was expedient […]

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Runaway Disciple

Posted by on 3.7.16 in Faces Around the Cross, Lent

“Now a certain young man, having a linen cloth wrapped around his naked body, was following him. They caught hold […]

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Malchus and the Midnight Miracle

Posted by on 3.6.16 in Faces Around the Cross, Lent

Peter cuts off Malchus’ ear, painted by Duccio in 1308.  “When Jesus’ followers saw what was going to happen, they said, […]

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