In other words, must we first be convinced of the significance of Christ and believe in him in order to discern the
real meaning of the cross?
The narrow - gauge Bernina Express connects northern and southern Europe and offers a
spectacular means of crossing the Alps, running through the ancient landscape of Switzerland's beautiful Graubünden region.
Highlighting the
religious meaning of the cross, he said: «The crucifix is not an ornamental object or a clothing accessory which is sometimes abused, but a religious sign to be contemplated and understood.
Gluten can also get into foods processed in facilities that manufacture gluten - containing foods
by means of cross contamination.
If we are to perceive the
real meaning of the cross, must we understand it as the cross of Jesus as a figure of past history?
Beginning in Chur, this journey offers a
spectacular mean of crossing the Alps, as the route runs through the ancient landscape of Switzerland's beautiful Grisons region.
Rather, my kind understands
the meaning of the cross and lives it out.
In this way the resurrection is not a mythological event adduced in order to prove the saving efficacy of the cross, but an article of faith just as much as
the meaning of the cross itself.
The meaning of the cross is not disclosed from the life of Jesus as a figure of past history, a life which needs to be reproduced by historical research.
Can the resurrection narratives and every other mention of the resurrection in the New Testament be understood simply as an attempt to convey
the meaning of the cross?
Do you understand
the meaning of the cross?
The New Testament uses a number of images and metaphors, and never confines
the meaning of the cross in a formal definition.
The cross of Christ signifies not only the way of peace but the way to peace, for it is only as we grasp
the meaning of the cross that we are enabled to die to the passions of the flesh and live and walk in the way of righteousness.
The meaning of the cross must not be forgotten in the meaning of the resurrection.
You should gain a grasp of
the meaning of the cross then speak and not be so ignorant.
The meaning of the cross does not have to be disclosed from an historical reconstruction of his life.
Is the school teaching
the meaning of that cross?
Finally, in risky mission
the meaning of the cross comes full circle as the world's response to those who, like their Lord, not only reject the world's way of life but also bring the critical and transforming witness of the gospel to bear on the structures that support and define that worldly way.
The resurrection is «an attempt to express
the meaning of the cross».
In fact, Bultmann is at pains to divorce what he calls the historicity of the cross from the crucifixion of Jesus as an event in the past: «The real
meaning of the cross is that it has created a new and permanent situation in history.
Rebecca Parker's sermons in the book Proverbs of Ashes are an example of how she did this while she struggled with
the meaning of the cross.
But that is not
the meaning of the cross considered as an event of the past.
I know what is
the meaning of the cross and I am following the cross.
Nevertheless, as he himself also said, his juxtaposition was a deliberate invitation to reflect on
the meaning of the cross.
Although I did not fully grasp
the meaning of that cross (or any cross), I understood its power to bind and divide people.
It can not be that our present complacency and moderation are a faithful expression of the mind of Christ and of
the meaning of his cross in the midst of the wrong and want and sin of our modern world.
But if you wish some human analogy to help you understand
the meaning of the cross, turn not to a criminal court trial but to the family.
[108] Thus, Pulteney Bridge became not just
a means of crossing the river, but also a shopping arcade.