Articles for tag: Mark 8:3

Crying for Calvary

By Victor Knowles In 1983, President Ronald Reagan issued a proclamation establishing the first National Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. (It will be observed next on Jan. 15, 2017.) This day calls attention to the cause of the unborn and to the precious gift of life itself. Life is a sacred gift from God, but it was not considered so in the time of Christ. The Anglican priest and poet G. A. Studdert-Kennedy (1883″“1929) writes in his famous poem “Indifference”: When Jesus came to Golgotha they hanged Him on a tree, They drave great nails through hands and feet, and

Haven”t You Been There?

By Russel L. Jarvis Haven”t you been there? You arrive assuming the meeting will be a time for discussion, the sharing of views, and working toward consensus. But you soon realize the decision has already been made. The meeting is merely a formality. The verdict was rendered long before the appointed hour arrived. Haven”t you been there? You have seen good intentions supplanted by ulterior motives. You have watched openness go unappreciated by hidden agendas. However urgent or worthy the topic of discussion, it was lost as men and women vied for power. “”˜If you are the Christ,” they said,

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