"We have beautiful crosses on our churches, in our lapels and around our necks," preached the late evangelist Billy Graham. "And yet the Bible says the cross is a stumbling block, an offence, a scandal among men, a base and despised thing.” Graham was a fine example of how to ‘take up one’s cross and follow Jesus’.

A talk for The Second Sunday of Lent, 25 February 2024. 

Referencing ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Genesis 17.1-7, 15-16⁠, ⁠Mark 8.27-38⁠.

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