“Here is your King.” With those words, Pilate meant to mock. John wants us to wake up. We walk through John 19 to see how the crown of thorns, the purple robe, and that trilingual inscription turn a scene of humiliation into a coronation. The crowd’s cry—“We have no king but Caesar”—isn’t just ancient history; it’s a mirror. We love Jesus the miracle worker, but do we follow Jesus the King when his commands cut against comfort, pride, and preference? We explore why the cross functions as a t...
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“Here is your King.” With those words, Pilate meant to mock. John wants us to wake up. We walk through John 19 to see how the crown of thorns, the purple robe, and that trilingual inscription turn a scene of humiliation into a coronation. The crowd’s cry—“We have no king but Caesar”—isn’t just ancient history; it’s a mirror. We love Jesus the miracle worker, but do we follow Jesus the King when his commands cut against comfort, pride, and preference? We explore why the cross functions as a t...
A governor with total authority stands face to face with Truth and flinches. We follow Jesus from Gethsemane to the halls of Roman power and watch Pilate wrestle with a verdict he knows is wrong but hands down anyway. Along the way, we unpack why the Sanhedrin needed Rome, how Passover customs put Barabbas in the spotlight, and why a brewing riot made political safety more attractive than moral courage. When Pilate asks, “What is truth?” to the very one who is the truth, we see the central te...
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“Here is your King.” With those words, Pilate meant to mock. John wants us to wake up. We walk through John 19 to see how the crown of thorns, the purple robe, and that trilingual inscription turn a scene of humiliation into a coronation. The crowd’s cry—“We have no king but Caesar”—isn’t just ancient history; it’s a mirror. We love Jesus the miracle worker, but do we follow Jesus the King when his commands cut against comfort, pride, and preference? We explore why the cross functions as a t...
