Emphasis Preaching Journal
Human depravity is fully exposed...
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Human depravity is fully exposed -- on this day. If Peter had any principles, he threw them to the wind -- on this day. If Pilate was any sort of a leader he failed in leadership -- on this day. We acknowledge with sorrow and penance the dark side of human nature -- on this day. But, along with Jesus, there is a hero on this day. He is a prisoner also executed on a cross. His petition to Jesus to remember him when he enters his Kingdom springs from the nobler side of human nature. If we look hard enough we can find other heroes as well.