Witness At The Cross (Lent 2024)

Our Lenten Bible study and sermon series are based on a book called "Witness at the Cross" by Dr. Amy-Jill Levine. What do we bear witness to? Asked differently, if someone asked you why the cross is necessary, what would you say? Words don’t seem to adequately capture what happens in Jesus’ crucifixion. It’s horrifying to see. It’s awful to think about. It’s tragic for those closest to Him. Yet because of the cross, we know salvation and victory. We see the love of God pushed to the extreme but never broken.

Many people in our lives don’t understand the difference that Jesus makes, and His terrible death makes Him harder to comprehend. This is why it’s critical that the people of Jesus know our story. It should be a story that we are comfortable sharing. That’s the goal of our journey together this Lent. While we may not have been physical witnesses at the cross of Christ, we are definitely witnesses to the power of the cross as well as the meaning of Jesus’ life and death. As we see the cross through the eyes of some of the people who saw it happen, let’s strengthen our personal witness about who Christ is and what He means to the world. We are witnesses. Witnesses testify to what they have seen and what they know. Share your story.