Yet today, the cross has been trivialized. What was once a symbol of state execution — akin to a modern electric chair — is ...

The book, The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ (Eerdmans), attempts ... or judgment. The African American church has something to teach us here. They’re not afraid to talk ...

The late Rev. James Cone, known as the father of Black liberation theology, stated in his book God of the Oppressed that God is Black. "Christ is black, therefore, not because of some cultural or ...

Those who have seen the film The Passion of the Christ will recall how much time the director, Mel Gibson, devoted just to the act of nailing Jesus onto the cross —- almost five whole minutes.

Each logged a few steps with the Cross before passing it off to another to commemorate the death of Jesus Christ. According to the Biblical account, Christ was required to carry his own cross to ...