SO GOOD. I have been pressing pastors for years to say more about this, how strange and scandalous the "take up your cross" refrain would have sounded to Jesus' friends and followers. Just plain love how you unpacked the scandalous nature of these words here - brava.
SO GOOD. I have been pressing pastors for years to say more about this, how strange and scandalous the "take up your cross" refrain would have sounded to Jesus' friends and followers. Just plain love how you unpacked the scandalous nature of these words here - brava.