A Historian Examines the Shame of the Cross

History Today magazine took a close look at the shame of Roman crucifixion. The author recognized its reputation: "It was death deserved by the most ...

The Agonizing Torture of Christ's Crucifixion

In the book The Life of Christ this is how Frederick Farrar describes crucifixion.

A death by crucifixion seems to include all that pain and death can ...

Italian Author Prefers a Bloodless Christ

When Mel Gibson's movie The Passion of the Christ was released in Italy, the review board gave it a "G" rating. Some parents objected, saying ...

Maximilian Kolbe Dies for Another

In February 1941, Father Maximilian Kolbe was arrested by the Gestapo and sent to Auschwitz. He was a Polish Monk who founded a Franciscan order near ...

Max Lucado Calls Christ's Cross the Hinge of History

Author Max Lucado describes the pivotal nature of the cross in history and in each of our lives.

It rests on the time-line of history like a compelling ...

Mel Gibson Affected by the Death of Christ

[Speaking of The Passion of Christ:] "It will probably be savaged by critics," he told the 5,000 pastors at the Chicago screening. "But ...

Mel Gibson Nailed Jesus to the Cross

Hollywood star and director Mel Gibson felt called by God to make his film The Passion of the Christ, a portrayal of the final 12 hours of Jesus' ...

Cross Builder Comforts the Grieving

Greg Zanis is a carpenter from Aurora, Illinois, whose father-in-law taught him the trade. In the process the two became best friends. In 1996 Greg's ...

Bitter Father Questions God

In 1989, 96 fans were crushed to death in a football [soccer] stadium in Sheffield, England, and another 200 were injured. At one of the hospitals where ...

Forgiving the Unforgivable Is Hard

Forgiving the unforgivable is hard. So was the cross: hard words, hard wood, hard nails.

—William S. Stoddard