Forbidden!
Golgotha, a Greek rendering of the Hebrew gulgôleth, means simply “the skull.” Some suggest it was the place where David brought the head of Goliath after his victory in the vale of Elah (see 1 Sam 17:54), thus giving it...
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Calvary: The World’s Sacrifice
It was the great day of the feast. The capital was crowded. The streets overflowed with Jews and proselytes, gathered from far and near. For days the city had been surging with excitement. The tide of party passion had been...
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Calvary’s “Non-Events”
The theme for this issue of the magazine is “What Happened at Calvary” and of course tremendous things did happen there on that day. However, it is also interesting to note that there were things which did not happen. These,...
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The Story Behind the Story
It has been said that “God moves behind the scenes—and moves the scenes that He is behind.” How true this is! Man may think that he is an independent agent in this world, but behind all his machinations is the...
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What Happened at the Cross?
1. It was the fulfillment of a multitude of specific prophecies: “These things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled” (Jn. 19:36). The number of prophecies, time period between prophecy and fulfillment, improbability of them happening in the natural...
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Driving Home the Gospel
What happens when those traveling down the highways and byways of life have little interest in coming into a church building to hear the gospel? One idea might be to take the gospel to them—out on the highways and byways....
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It is Finished
The amazing character of Christ’s decisive achievement at Calvary is indicated in Scripture, particularly in the Epistle to the Hebrews, by the various ways in which we are told that (as soon as by His obedience through suffering unto death...
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The Atonement
“Christ loved the Church,” and in His love Did for her die, that she above Might be the partner of His throne. But she is not the fruit alone That from the “Corn of Wheat” doth grow, Which He on Calvary did sow. Think of the...
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