A Reason for Hope with Don Patterson Podcast Don Patterson

We do not know a lot about Simon of Cyrene. But what we don know is that he got a close-up of his savior. He and his boys had to have processed the meaning of Jesus death and resurrection as we watch Simon carry Jesus' cross. We are thankful that Jesus carried our sins to the cross so we can live the rest of our lives in peace.

When God told Moses to put a bronze serpent on a stick and have people look at it who are snake bitten, he was not just healing them but was setting the whole world up to understand Jesus Christ. Only Jesus lifts up and can be the salvation of all humanity. (contentment, old testament sign of Christ, faith in the word)

Whenever the gospel is preached it gets one of two reactions: faith or belief. There is no in-between. We don't get our encouragement from how many accept it. We experience it's power to heal us and that is enough for us. (gospel power, faith, wisdom, foolishness, believe, foot of the cross, shadow of the cross)

Jesus shows us that his relationship with us is unconditional love after he paid for our sins at the cross and promised Peter he would go to Galilee to restore him. (Lent, Unconditional Love)