The Necessity of the Cross

"Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?" Luke 24:26 "Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?" Luke 24:26 It was the day of our Lord's resurrection. Two men, wrapped in intimate conversation, were leaving the Holy City as the afternoon shadows lengthened. The intermingling of amazement and fear, of mild hope and deep sorrow in their conversation reveals them as disciples of Jesus. Although not of the eleven,...