Jesus in the cross

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Once again, Ellyn von Huben finds a work of art and manages to let us in to the story unlike anyone we know. She did it today with Zurbaran's "Crucifixion," which is a beautiful, tragic and telling a piece to reflect upon on this Good Friday. And if you are lucky enough to be within striking distance to the Art Institute of Chicago where it is housed, go.

Luke 23:46

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I have often heard people disparage the symbol of the cross saying something like, “If your friend was shot, would you wear a gun around your neck?” While much could be said about how the cross has been viewed historically, I have recently been impressed with how the Gospel of John treats the crucifixion. In John the cross is the method by which Christ is glorified and exalted.

Do You Even Lift? Carry Your Cross!

So they took Jesus, and carrying the cross himself he went out to what is called the Place of the Skull, in Hebrew, Golgotha.John 19:17Think of Christ carrying his cross through the streets. Historians estimate that the cross weighed approximately 300 pounds. Even with Simon of Cyrene to help carry it, the mental and physical pain from carrying that weight while being beaten, spit at, and yelled at, would have been excruciating. However, Jesus carried much more than his cross that day. He…

kneeling in prayer beside a bed, facing a wooden cross hanging on the wall.