Death of Christ (9)
  1. You’re permitted to call on “Our Father, who art in heaven” at all hours of the day and night with whatever you like.
  2. The way of the cross is the actual way of victory. Jesus absorbs the worst of what humanity and even the devil can do to him, and he spurns the shame of it all.
  3. As soon as people understand what crucifixion means, the cross becomes offensive.
  4. He represents our likeness, fulfills it, and so has the prerogative to reproduce his likeness in us.
  5. Maundy Thursday is your big night. For the Passover Lamb is given for you, given to you.
  6. It’s the notion of mercy that leads us to the atonement, and it is the atonement that provides a foundational basis for the justification of sinners.
  7. The Advents of Christ (past, present, and future) elicit faith in the word of Christ, confirmed by his presence.
  8. What kind of shepherd does God provide? The answer, of course, starts and ends with Christ.
  9. Faithful preachers should remain steadfast in the biblical categories and terminology and preach the reality of death.