by nuc | Mar 23, 2026 | News
John 12:12–27 The crowds are shouting “Hosanna!” Palm branches wave. Hope fills the air. And yet, in the middle of the celebration, Jesus begins to speak of something entirely different: “Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single...
by nuc | Mar 18, 2026 | News
John 19:1–16a Pilate knows something isn’t right. Three times in this passage, he says it in different ways: “I find no case against him.” He sees the injustice. He recognizes that Jesus does not deserve what is happening. There is a clarity, however faint, that...
by nuc | Mar 16, 2026 | News
John 19:1-16a There is violence all through this passage. Jesus is flogged. Mocked. Dressed in a purple robe and crowned with thorns. Struck. Displayed. The cruelty is not only physical. It is public. Humiliating. Performative. Power flexing its muscles. Fear...
by nuc | Mar 11, 2026 | News
John 18:28–40 The courtyard is tense. Jesus has been arrested in the night and brought before the Roman governor. Pilate stands between two worlds: the religious leaders demanding judgment and the quiet, bound figure standing before him. Pilate asks Jesus a series of...
by nuc | Mar 9, 2026 | News
John 18:28-40 Standing before Pilate, Jesus looks powerless. He is a prisoner. Accused. Surrounded by political maneuvering and religious tension. Pilate holds the authority. He represents the power of the empire, the ability to judge, to release, to condemn. At...
