CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS

From American Magazine https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2017/04/26/last-suppers-jesus-christ-and-ledell-lee; AR Dept of Correction via AP
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Lessons From A Condemned Man's Last Meal
By Jake Owensby, Contributor
Bishop of Western Louisiana
Ledell Lee ate his last meal on April 20. Officials of the Arkansas Department of Corrections executed him by lethal injection
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The Day Christ Died -- Was it on a Thursday or Friday?
By James D. Tabor, Contributor
Author, 'Paul and Jesus: How the Apostle Transformed Christian...
Later Christian tradition put Jesus' last meal with his disciples on Thursday evening and his crucifixion on what we call today "Good Friday." We now know that is one day off.
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Good Friday, Oberammergau and God's Love
By Rev. Dr. Mae Elise Cannon, Contributor
Author, "Forgive Us: Confessions of a Compromised Faith," 'Jus...
The power and significance of Christ's death on the cross provides the opportunity for us to take pause. Although the story may be familiar, it is no less powerful year by year as we commemorate the most precious gift of Christ's sacrifice.
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I Didn't Know Jesus Was Lost
By Paul N. Anderson, Contributor
Professor, Biblical and Quaker Studies, George Fox University
While the Shroud of Turin will be of little help in the finding of Jesus, personally or historically, the CNN documentary and the book behind it remind us of the problem of Jesus' being relatively lost to recent modern audiences.
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Terrorists, Thugs and the King of the Jews
By Zack Hunt, Contributor
Writer, Blogger, & Speaker
As Christians, we can't preach about the cross as a life-giving moment, while continuing to participate in the same dehumanizing, degrading, and justifying of violence that allowed Rome to nail our Savior to the cross. This must stop.
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Crucifixion: A New Way to Think About Jesus' Death
By Steve McSwain, Contributor
Speaker, Author, Counselor to Congregations, Ambassador to the...
The crucifixion of Jesus is mysterious. I think it's meant to be. What's not so mysterious is how the church and church leaders have attempted to explain the mysterious throughout Christian history.
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LOOK: Jesus' Crucifixion Depicted In Art Through The Ages
By Antonia Blumberg
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The Thing I Never Want to Hear Again on Good Friday
By Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, Contributor
Former Executive Editor Of Global Spirituality and Religion, T...
I heard myself say the words and take part in this ritual and it made me physically sick. I couldn't believe that this was the liturgy that this kind, little church had been using for the past decades, maybe longer.
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Kenyan Lawyer Demands Justice For Jesus 2,000 Years After His Death
By Katherine Bindley
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Crucifixion No Longer Commands Auction Prices
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The Gospel According To 'Game Of Thrones'
By David Lose, Contributor
President, The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia
The recent furor in Christian circles about George R. R. Martin's magical and medieval-like world of Westeros reveals one of the unspoken dividing lines between two very different understandings of Christianity.
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LOOK: The Eucharist In Medieval Art
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Crucifying Terrorists
By Stephen Mansfield, Contributor
New York Times best-selling author
As Jesus hung upon a Roman cross, he forgave one of those with him and promised him a place in paradise. This challenges our tendency to think of terrorists as pure evil, unrepentant and undeserving of good will.
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The New Passover
By V. Rev. Fr. Anastasios Gounaris, Contributor
Dean, Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinit...
Holy Week is not a celebration of long ago events. It is the reliving of Christ's Passion and Resurrection in the present.
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The Black Parade
By Tonya Hurley, Contributor
Author, "The Blessed" and "ghostgirl"
A statue of Jesus encased in a glass casket carried by men dressed as pall bearers march somberly ahead of a large group of mourning women holding candles; praying and singing dirges in Italian through the winding streets. This is Good Friday in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.
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Dying, But Still Teaching: The Easter Vigil
By Rev. Peg Nowling Williams, Contributor
Intentional Interim Minister at Community United Church of Chr...
My mother is in her last days of life. Dialysis has ended. We wait for the inevitable. On this holiest of weekends, we wait. We sit vigil, waiting for her to die, waiting for Jesus to become Christ, waiting for the women to find an empty tomb, waiting to give my mother to her eternal rest.
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The Three Nails In Christ's Cross
By Robert C. Crosby, D.Min., Contributor
Author, "The Will of a Man & The Way of a Woman" (Barbour Books)
There is so much to consider and experience at the Cross. So much we cannot afford to miss. Unless we look long enough at the Cross, the Resurrection will never mean nearly as much to us as it did to Christ.
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How Long Does Darkness Last?
By Rev. David Lewicki, Contributor
Co-pastor, North Decatur Presbyterian Church
This morning, we awake, and it is still dark. But carried through the darkness on the lips of a woman who has seen and believed, comes a Word.
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The Cosmic Easter Bunny's Biggest Trick
By Steve McSwain, Contributor
Speaker, Author, Counselor to Congregations, Ambassador to the...
Easter's greatest trick is not that a body was resuscitated. Heck, any old medicine man can perform that trick, and they do in hospitals every day around the world. No, the trick at Easter is that this Jesus was so special that, even after all these years, we still remember him.
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Still Art Conveys A Stilling Remembrance Of Holy Week
By Win Bassett, Contributor
Attorney and Writer
Contemporary, multi-sensory feats of technology have caused observers to overlook another medium of remembrance. From Michelangelo's Pietà to the Crucifixion by Salvador Dalí, analog sculptures illustrating Jesus' final moments also provide a way for people to experience this story of life and death that has influenced the development of both the ancient and modern worlds.
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The Greatest Comeback Of All Time
By Rick McDaniel, Contributor
Author, '5 Habits of Happy People'
Jesus died on a Friday. Some women went to the cave where he was buried on Sunday morning and found the stone in the front of the tomb rolled away. Jesus was not dead but had risen from the grave. The greatest comeback in history had taken place!
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A Good Friday Reflection On John 19:28-29: 'I Am Thirsty'
By Rev. Peter M. Wallace, Contributor
Host of "Day1" radio program, Episcopal priest, and author of ...
Like Jesus, we thirst for God's healing, restoring presence in our own pain-wracked lives. Our souls are parched and dry for it. God willingly quenches it -- abundantly, fully, now and forever.
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Crucifixion And Sexual Violence
By Rev. Wil Gafney, Ph.D., Contributor
Associate Professor of Biblical Hebrew and Jewish and Christia...
On this Good Friday, as on many before, I consider anew the full range of torture and humiliation to which Jesus of Nazareth was subjected, physical and sexual. The latter is so traumatizing for the Church that we have covered it up -- literally.
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Is The Lenten Season Awkward For Muslims? Not At Georgetown University
By Aamir Hussain, Contributor
Muslim Interfaith Activist
Since Muslims and Christians often find common ground in Jesus' teachings, I believe that a holy period focused on Jesus provides opportunities to reinforce the commonalities between our faiths. Georgetown University showed me the enormous potential for interfaith dialogue during Lent.
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Jesus 'Used To Be Jewish'? That's Not What The Gospels Say
By Bernard Starr, Contributor
Psychologist; College Professor; Journalist
With the goal of healing antagonisms and closing the longstanding divide between Christianity and Judaism, I set out to restore the Jewish foundation of Christianity -- a foundation that Christianity stands on.
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Good Friday Observances From Around The World
By Paul Brandeis Raushenbush
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