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I Hope This Happened

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  • R. Scott Clark
on April 11, 2009

Via Adiaphora: “[W. H.] Auden was delighted to read [Joseph] Campbell on the hero in 1946. In 1953 Campbell lectured at Smith and said that Jesus and the Buddha were the same in effect: they were both attacked by spears, but in . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Apologetics | Tagged good friday, Joseph Campbell, passio Christi, W. H. Auden

Witsius: Crucified

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  • R. Scott Clark
on April 11, 2009

At Creed or Chaos

Categorized Redemption | Tagged crucifixion, good friday, Herman Witsius

Stabat Populus

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  • R. Scott Clark
on March 25, 2016

And the people stood by, looking on. And even the rulers were sneering at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if this is the Christ of God, His Chosen One (Luke 23:35; NASB) On Good Friday when we see . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Christology, Salvation | Tagged good friday, salvation

Meditations On Simon The Cyrene

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  • R. Scott Clark
on April 15, 2017 | 3 Comments

Around Good Friday it is fitting that we should think first of all about the Lord of Glory who was crucified for his people (1 Cor 2:8). It is he alone who obeyed on our behalf, as our substitute. He alone is . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Apologetics, Biblical Exposition, New Testament Studies | Tagged cross, good friday, Mark 15:21, simon the cyrene | 3 Comments

A Good Friday Meditation: The Three Marys

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  • R. Scott Clark
on April 2, 2021

…but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene  (John 19:25). Beginning in the late patristic and early medieval period, the eyes of the church were gradually drawn away from Christ . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Biblical Exposition, Salvation | Tagged cross, good friday, Mary Magdalene, Mary of Clopas, salvation, virgin Mary

The Devil’s Mousetrap: A Good Friday Meditation

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  • R. Scott Clark
on March 29, 2024 | 8 Comments

I do not know your opinion of Peter Lombard’s Sentences, but it is one of the texts that we read each year in our medieval seminar. He compiled and wrote them (c. 1155–58) for his theological students in Paris. They became the . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Redemption, Resurrection | Tagged good friday, Peter Lombard | 8 Comments

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