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THE CRUX OF THE CROSS By Michael Youssef, Ph D.  04/09/23 Read 1 Corinthians 1:18-24. Before it became an icon of Christian hope, the cross was simply an instrument of torture. It was a means of execution used by the Romans and reserved for the meanest of criminals. Thus, it... Read More →

A TRUTH TO WRESTLE WITH By Michael Youssef, Ph D.  04/08/23 “Because I live, you also will live” (John 14:19). Jesus said these words on the night He was betrayed by one of His friends, just hours before the Roman governor Pilate would sentence Him to death on a... Read More →

HIS HOUR HAD COME By Michael Youssef, Ph D.  04/07/23 “It is finished” (John 19:30). How many times in the Gospel of John does Jesus talk about His hour? He regularly said, “My hour has not yet come,” or, “The hour is coming.” It was as if... Read More →

HE TRUSTED GOD WITH HIS SPIRIT By Michael Youssef, Ph D.  04/06/23 As Jesus nears the end of His agony, we meditate on the sixth statement from the cross: “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit” (Luke 23:46). This cry was not the cry of defeat, but the cry of... Read More →

AN AGONIZING CRY FROM THE CROSS By Michael Youssef, Ph D.  04/05/23 “Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, ‘I am thirsty'” (John 19:28). This cry, the fifth statement from the cross, was a cry... Read More →