Some years ago the Archbishop of Paris, Cardinal Aron Jean-Marie Lustiger (1926-2007), as he was preaching one day, told the story of three lads in Paris who decided to have a bit of fun at the expense of a local priest who was hearing confession. They decided to go in to the church and confess to outrageous sins in order to see the priests reaction. Continue Reading
‘For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.’
Paul – 1 Corinthians 2:2
‘The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.’
John the Evangelist – Rev. 13:8
In the small Brethren Assembly in Inverness, Scotland where I spent the formative spiritual years of my youth there was a banner proudly displayed on the wall at the front of the church. It read – ‘We Preach Christ Crucified’. Continue Reading