Critical Issues Commentary: Christian Worldview Articles
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The cross was an executioner’s device. It meant either a literal cross on which someone would be executed, or it meant living as one condemned to die (cross- bearing). Later Paul used the term “cross” to mean the message of the cross. It might surprise people today to learn that the term “cross” when used in the Bible never meant a Christian symbol. And yet many modern churchgoers see the cross as an endearing Christian symbol and have trouble understanding what it meant to the people who heard Jesus teach about it.
