Galatians 5:11

Do you know someone who’s easily offended? Perhaps it’s you and me. And if we are among this group, then we should consider the offense of the Cross. For the offense of the Cross is not Christ’s offense, it is your offense against Christ. It was an immoral, unjust, depraved offense. You were its perpetrator, Christ the victim, yet he bore it for you. The rocky hilltop of Calvary is vast enough to encompass the whole world, yet it is not large enough to accommodate the easily offended. The gospel is based on understanding one’s own badness, and God’s own goodness. Either of these principles is sufficient to disqualify us from ever being easily offended again.…

Do you know someone who’s easily offended? Perhaps it’s you and me. And if we are among this group, then we should consider the offense of the Cross. For the offense of the Cross is not Christ’s offense, it is your offense against Christ. It was an immoral, unjust, depraved offense. You were its perpetrator, Christ the victim, yet he bore it for you. The rocky hilltop of Calvary is vast enough to encompass the whole world, yet it is not large enough to accommodate the easily offended. The gospel is based on understanding one’s own badness, and God’s own goodness. Either of these principles is sufficient to disqualify us from ever being easily offended again.…

Beware of those who are hell-bent on getting rid of the Cross.…

Beware of those who are hell-bent on getting rid of the Cross.…

By Elizabeth Prata But as for me, brothers and sisters, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been eliminated. (Galatians 5:……

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