Here are some questions to go along with this week’s sermon:

1 — What do you think happens when you die?

2 — How can we relay the powerful sacrifice and claim the innocence of Jesus to those who will listen?

3 — What is your story with the death of Jesus? How have you reacted over the years to this part of the gospel story?

4 — What can you do to prepare others not to “miss the boat”?

5 — Do you think it was a difficult decision for the centurion to declare the innocence of Jesus, even though he had been instrumental in the death of Jesus?

6 — Would you have been one who stood in the distance watching this happen to Jesus? What does it mean to “stand in the distance” today?

7 — Is there comfort in knowing that Jesus “gave up his spirit” rather than was killed? Does that modicum of control give you a different sense of the sacrifice of Jesus?