When Christ entered hell law of sin and death was set aside so that mercy could triumph.

Jim Casy’s dying words echo those of our Lord: “Father, forgive them, Father, they know not what they do.”

On this night, when Jesus has nothing left to give, he gives all. He gives his very self.

We should see this passage as early Jewish Christians recognizing their own, internal dividedness.

There would be no atheists if God appeared in the sky. But there’d be no believers either.

There are truths that can only be shared by way of testimony, and these are the ones that matter most to us.