The Saving Death of Jesus Christ

In the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, the church remembers the death of Jesus Christ. Remembering, she celebrates. Every preacher of the gospel has determined to know nothing except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. Each believer glories in the cross, and in nothing else. What was that death that it should be remembered, preached, and gloried in? As a historical fact, it was the execution of Jesus of Nazareth by crucifixion. This took place just outside Jerusalem about A.D. 30. The Crucified...