What Crucifixion Actually Meant in the Roman Empire
Cicero once tried to describe crucifixion at a Roman trial and stopped mid-sentence, because no word ugly enough existed to finish it. That is the device Paul says holds the power and wisdom of God.
Pastor Harry Jarrett preaches “Christ, the Power and Wisdom of God” from 1 Corinthians 1:18-24 at Pleasant Valley Church of the Brethren in Weyers Cave, Virginia. Corinth was a city rebuilt around visibility: Jews demanded signs, Greeks sought wisdom, and Paul offered neither, only a man executed by the state. This message traces what crucifixion actually meant in the ancient world, N.T. Wright’s…
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