Christian just war reasoning has long treated humanitarian limits as essential criteria for the moral use of force.

Christian faith isn’t grounded in a sanitised, sentimental version of events; but in the stark reality that God became flesh and bore the full weight of human brokenness to bring us life.

The satisfaction that Jesus rendered to divine justice through His work on the cross is perfect, so all that remains for us is to sing.

Never has anyone shown such great love at the hour of their death, never has anyone spoken with such a pastoral heart. The Good Shepherd, the Prince of Shepherds died pastoring his sheep.

One day the victory of the cross will be realised by all, but it will only be valid for those who have signed up on the winning team.

Now for the fourth time since Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, we are celebrating the Word of God becoming flesh as angels proclaimed peace on earth. So where is the peace?

Stephan Maag walks through cities across the continent starting conversations about faith. In Monaco, the police detained him and forced him to leave without giving convincing explanations.

The Evangelical Alliance is among the signatories of a letter condemning the use of the cross as a symbol of exclusion of foreigners. They consider it to be a ‘corruption’ of the gospel message.

There is a back story to Amsterdam’s story, which begins with the city’s unique and famous flag: three white crosses on a black stripe through a red background. 

Jesus overcame death, when, after suffering on the cross, he came back to life, proving himself the victor when he appeared to over five hundred people.

They were his last words. In seven brief utterances, Jesus proclaimed the most profound sermon that has ever been preached, a beautiful synopsis of the gospel.

A street preacher, he set out to carry around the world the huge cross that he had hung on the wall of the premises of his mission to the “hippies” of the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. 

Silence in the midst of suffering is not a judgment of condemnation, but a purification of faith.

For those of us who have grown up so familiar with stories and images of the cross, we are not shocked, horrified and repulsed by the reality it represented.

The risen Jesus is both impressively powerful, and intimately present in the church today.  We need not despair at what we see around us. 

German theologian and communicator Julia Garschagen leads a free 3-hour master class on the subject.

This Easter let’s celebrate all that the Resurrection of Jesus means for us, not only in our anticipation of the future, but also in our experience in the present.

I propose you to read, listen, contemplate the passion and death of Jesus through a different and incomparable medium: Johann Sebastian Bach’s music.

The importance of the Epistle to the Hebrews lies in the fact that it describes the deep significance of the historical facts concerning the passion and death of our Lord Jesus Christ.

In seven brief utterances, Jesus proclaimed the most profound sermon that has ever been preached, a beautiful synopsis of the gospel.

Suffering is experienced in different ways according to the assumptions that each human being holds. A commentary on the film by Spanish director Juan Antonio Bayona.

When we recognise our weakness at the foot of that cross, we are the strongest people in the world.

The cross became a symbol of healing, hope and resurrection for Europeans from east to west.

We should never stray too far from his passion if we are going to follow him well, do good theology, or seek to offer hope in this world.

The cross, a gruesome execution instrument transformed into a symbol of hope, healing and hospitality, is still seen everywhere across Europe.