When words fall short, the cross still speaks.The
Why Did Jesus Have to Die? Sermon and Worship Series Download provides everything you need for a Lenten sermon series, complete with sermon outlines, hymn suggestions, and worship helps. It contains resources for each of Lent’s six Sundays and Easter.
Resources include:
- Sermon outlines
- Prayers, readings, and hymn suggestions for use in worship
- A promotional worship video and presentation slides
- Social media images for promoting the series
As a bonus, the download also includes resources to promote small-group studies using Adam Hamilton’s book
Why Did Jesus Have to Die?.
Despite the crucifixion’s central place in Christian faith, the New Testament offers few clear answers about how Jesus’ death saves, or why, exactly, he had to die. The New Testament writers use a host of metaphors—ransom, sacrifice, reconciliation, victory—but never explain exactly how it works or why it had to happen this way.
What if that’s because we’ve been asking the wrong question? What if the cross isn’t a transaction to be explained, but a living Word from God meant to transform who we are and how we live?
