Death by Discounting the Cross

For large tracts of Western Christianity the cross is out. How gauche it is. How primitive and backwards, many say. We, Goodwill Church, are going to shamelessly stare at it for all 40 days of Lent. Cross, cross, cross! No apologies. No sympathy. No "handling with care." This infatuation with Crossless Christianity shows us how bad Christians can be for Christianity. God save Christianity from Christians! This is not a cynical or humorous sentence. It's a real prayer. Thank God for the cross. There we find the truth. There we find hope. There we find the life ambition of our Savior. His Father sent Him to the cross. His birth and life were roads to His cross. Without His cross, His teachings, miracles, and historical presence shatter to nonsense in our hands. We are saved by the Christ of the cross and no other. Together we gratefully shout, "Thank God!"