Survival or Salvation? John 19:1-16 - Fifth Sunday in Lent
If there’s anything that Disney movies have in common with the Old Testament, it’s this: most of their well-known characters kings and queens. Some are not royalty, but they’re still of the upper echelons of society. Think about it: the biblical patriarchs and matriarchs were exceedingly wealthy and even had their own armies. You have the book of Judges. Kings Saul and David are the main characters of 1 and 2 Samuel. Then you have the books of 1 and 2 Kings, 1 and 2 Chronicles. Image by Wolfgang_Hasselmann from Pixabay It can be hard to relate people whose lives are vastly different from our own. On the other hand, these people are still human, and their power and wealth enable them to act on their worst impulses in ways simply unavailable to common people. Much of the time, they get away with it, though not always. But the poor, the vulnerable, and the innocent always suffer. This brings us back, once again, to Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea. He stands before an an...
