Good Friday - Inward Journey: The Quest for God

The Loft LA - Progressive Christianity in Podcast Form · Apr 10, 2023 · 38m

Jesus quotes the psalmist when he cries out on the cross, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" His final lament gives voice to all those who have been forsaken—those who suffer injustice, those who are abandoned, those who are unjustly convicted. And yet, when we read this lament in light of his prayer in the garden of Gathsemene that God would "take this cup of suffering away from me" we see that these words are the culmination of a prayer between he and God. In his quest for God, in giving up his life, Jesus shows us that we can be confident in knowing that for every sunset there is…