What does it mean in our context to “take up one’s cross”? And how is it something life-giving, in the sense that we lose our life in order to find it—as Jesus expressed paradoxically? The story in ...

Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.” What does this mean? It is a call to take action. It means to completely ...

Then they knelt before him in mockery and taunted, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they spit on him and grabbed the stick and struck him on the head with it. —Matthew 27:29-30 (NLT) Knowing in his heart ...

What Does It Mean to Carry Your Cross? “Then he said to the crowd, ‘If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross daily, and follow me. If you try to hang on ...

Even people who are not followers of Jesus often acknowledge that he was a spiritual genius, even a healer. He had a beautiful, vivid, hopeful way of articulating God’s dream for the world. But ...