Passion Week

Christology (Jesus)
Is the Cross Still the Most Cruel Form of Torture?
ByRev. Ian M. Thomas March 29, 2026July 19, 2026
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 3084. Roman crucifixion has a strong claim to being the cruellest method of execution human beings have ever devised, and the question of whether anything since has surpassed it deserves an honest answer rather than a pious one. It is partly a historical question, partly a matter of grim comparison, and behind both stands…
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Christology (Jesus)
How Many Trials Did Jesus Go Through?
ByRev. Ian M. Thomas February 15, 2026July 19, 2026
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 3077. The trials of Jesus, when you lay the four Gospel accounts side by side, turn out to number six distinct hearings, three before Jewish authorities and three before Roman ones, all crammed into the hours between His arrest in Gethsemane and the sentence of crucifixion the next morning. Six hearings, two legal systems,…
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Is the Cross Still the Most Cruel Form of Torture?