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Good Friday

"And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last." (Mark 15:37)

Good Friday
Part two of The Great Reversal, a CT Classic article

By Virginia Stem Owens | April 20, 2000
Essays
A Crescendo of Wonder
Why Good Friday services are not designed to be funerals for Jesus or exercises in guilt.

John Witvliet | March 31, 2010
Christian History Corner
The Goodness of Good Friday
An unhappy celebration—isn't that an oxymoron?

Chris Armstrong | April 01, 2003

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Theology
The Incredible Hospitality of Good Friday
Jesus’ death demonstrates God’s love for outsiders, enemies, and strangers.

Krish Kandiah | March 29, 2018
Theology
Is the Wrath of God Really Satisfying?
God’s anger against sin is real on Good Friday, but he doesn’t “turn his face away” from the Cross.

Thomas H. McCall | March 29, 2018
What Dostoyevsky’s Prostitute Can Teach Us About the Cross
Crime, punishment, and Christ's easy yoke.

Mark Galli | March 26, 2018
Evangelical Distinctives
It Doesn’t Get Any More Personal
Why evangelicals give pride of place to penal substitutionary understandings of the Cross.

Mark Galli | January 11, 2018
Interview
N. T. Wright: The Church Continues the Revolution Jesus Started
In his new book, Wright explains that Jesus' death does more than just get us into heaven.

Mike Bird | October 13, 2016
Women
The Curse of Our Shame
Humiliation leads to the Cross.

Sharon Hodde Miller | March 25, 2016
Don’t Force the Celebration at Funerals
Even knowing the truth of the resurrection, it’s still okay to cry.

Courtney Reissig | March 22, 2016
The Best Books to Read for Lent (That You Won't Find in a Christian Bookstore)
Ten examples of literature and poetry that nurture and confront the soul.

Sarah Arthur | February 12, 2016
Excerpt
Sitting, Waiting, and Hoping in the Tomb of Jesus
How the anguished uncertainty of Holy Saturday gives shape to our faith.

A. J. Swoboda | April 02, 2015
The Song Jesus Sang on the Cross
Jesus' final words communicated both despair and hope

Amy Julia Becker | April 17, 2014

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