Have you ever noticed how people are attracted to the scene of tragedy? There was a time in our country, when there was going to be a hanging, that people gathered with picnic baskets and children to watch a criminal die. Once a tornado cut a path of destruction through a town in North Georgia. When Sunday afternoon came, there was a huge traffic jam of curious tourists. And even here we are not so different. When there is a traffic accident we slow down to look, and we even return later to examine the wrecked vehicle. The people of Jesus' day were no different. In today's text we are told that they had all gathered atop Golgotha to witness Rome's grizzliest handiwork. The attraction that had drawn them from their jobs, their homes, was a crucifixion. Three men criminally convicted and con…
The Crowd that Watched God Die
Luke 23:26-43
Luke 23:26-43
Sermon
by Stephen M. Crotts
by Stephen M. Crotts
CSS Publishing Company, Sermons for Sundays after Pentecost: Music from Another Room, by Stephen M. Crotts