God's Word For Every Day

On Remembrance Sunday, we remember many millions who suffered violent deaths. We consider the meaning of their deaths. We think about the purpose of their deaths. "We will remember them." We remember not only the fact of their deaths. We remember also the meaning and purpose of their deaths. They died so that we might live a better life, that we might enjoy freedom, that we may not be forced to live under a regime of tyranny, a dictatorship. As we remember them, we dare not forget another young man who also died a violent death.  * They died in the twentieth and twenty- first centuries. He died many centuries ago.  * They died on a battlefield. he died on a cross.  * They died with many others. He died with only two others.  * Their death has a meaning and a purpose - for us.     His death has a meaning and a purpose - for us. As we remember them, let us also say, "We will remember him." The death of Christ - What does it mean? Why ...