Episode 63: A loving sacrifice
Download MP3As Christians we are familiar with the idea, expressed in John 3:16, that the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross was a demonstration of God’s love. Sometimes I wonder, though, if we have become too familiar with the idea, to the point that it ceases to amaze us. John would have been raised to know of the love and mercy of God—but could he have imagined such a concrete expression of love as the cross?
As Christians we are familiar with the idea, expressed in John 3:16, that the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross was a demonstration of God’s love. Sometimes I wonder, though, if we have become too familiar with the idea, to the point that it ceases to amaze us. John would have been raised to know of the love and mercy of God—but could he have imagined such a concrete expression of love as the cross?
