Archive for March 20th, 2008

  • Our Crucifixion | Posted by Mart De Haan on Mar 20 2008

    Crucifixion was torture. Leather straps or spikes were used to hang a condemned man on a pole. Like a helpless animal tangled in a barbed wire fence, the victim could survive for days with excruciating pain. Death usually came by suffocation when, hanging by his hands, the victim lost the strength to draw another breath.
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  • Forgiving Ourselves (5) | Posted by Mart De Haan on Mar 20 2008

    What if we can’t forgive ourselves for the sins that haunt us? What if in the middle of beating ourselves up for the hundredth time, we suddenly become aware of an angry voice and then a loud slapping noise? Startled we stop and listen. Now, we hear several voices. Then we hear our name and [...]