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AN AGONIZING CRY FROM THE CROSS By Michael Youssef, Ph D.  04/05/23 “Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, ‘I am thirsty'” (John 19:28). This cry, the fifth statement from the cross, was a cry... Read More →

WE ARE FORGIVEN, HE WAS FORSAKEN By Michael Youssef, Ph D.  04/04/23 “About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, ‘Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?’ (which means ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’)” (Matthew 27:46). This... Read More →

CLOSE TO JESUS By Michael Youssef, Ph D.  04/03/23 “Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her,... Read More →

WITH ME IN PARADISE By Michael Youssef, Ph D.  04/02/23 As we continue looking at the statements of Jesus on the cross, today we look at His second: “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise” (Luke 23:43). In one of His final interactions before His... Read More →

FATHER, FORGIVE THEM By Michael Youssef, Ph D.  04/01/23 Hanging from the cross on Calvary, Jesus uttered seven powerful statements that reveal His heart and ministry. Each individual statement carries the full weight of the Gospel, but together they are a concise portrait of... Read More →