The message of the cross begins dark, ends in light.(Culture, Et Cetera)(The Capital Pulpit)

From: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) | Date: September 11, 2000 | Copyright information

Excerpts from a sermon given yesterday by the Rev. Marcia Cox at Augustana Lutheran Church in the District

In Sunday school today, we read the story about the death of Christ. Do you know how hard it is to sell the cross to little ones? People look at the cross and see death. We see the darkest part of humanity.

And yet we say the cross is the light of world. You can see why evangelism is so difficult. Evangelism is not difficult because we've had people on television with long eyelashes, or who asked for money. It's difficult because it means going out in the ...

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