{"id":742,"date":"2008-03-26T06:44:34","date_gmt":"2008-03-26T12:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2008\/the-cross-he-bore.html"},"modified":"2008-03-26T09:52:07","modified_gmt":"2008-03-26T15:52:07","slug":"the-cross-he-bore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2008\/the-cross-he-bore.html","title":{"rendered":"The Cross He Bore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><i>&#8216;Gethsemane is not a field of study for our intellect.<br \/>It is a sanctuary of our faith&#8217;.<br \/>Lord, forgive us for the times we have read about Gethsemane with dry eyes.<\/i><br \/>(from <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0851516939\/jcotsweb-20\">The Cross He Bore<\/a><\/i>)<\/center><\/p>\n<table width=\"260\" align=\"left\">\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/images\/the-cross-he-bore.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"388\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" border=\"0\" alt=\"The Cross He Bore\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>So now Resurrection Sunday is over and you&#8217;re wondering how you can keep meditating on the cross of the Lord. &nbsp;Well, I just thought I&#8217;d pass on a book I read over the last few weeks. &nbsp;It&#8217;s actually a very short book &#8211; the chapters are only about 6 or 7 little pages, and the whole book is only 100 pages. &nbsp;But it had a rare ability to push me back to the Scriptures that tell us about the last hours before Jesus died.<\/p>\n<p>The book is called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0851516939\/jcotsweb-20\"><i>The Cross He Bore<\/i><\/a>, and it&#8217;s by the late <b>Frederick S. Leahy<\/b>. &nbsp;It&#8217;s simply packed with insight, and will bring you back once again to Christ&#8217;s passion &#8211; to consider things you might have forgotten, or never really thought about. &nbsp;And most of all, to draw you to worship. &nbsp;Leahy pulls in all kinds of Scriptures that will deepen you understanding of how the garden and cross fit in with the rest of God&#8217;s plan.<\/p>\n<p>For example, is there any significance in the name of the garden of Gethsamene? &nbsp;Why did Jesus remain silent at some of the questions his accusers asked, and then answer other questions? &nbsp;Why did Christ die outside the city? &nbsp;Why did He accept one &quot;cup&quot; on the cross, and refuse another?<\/p>\n<p>At the moment selling for $5.99, it&#8217;s hard to think of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.challies.com\/archives\/general-news\/the-best-403-youll-ever-spend.php\">a better way<\/a> to spend a few dollars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Gethsemane is not a field of study for our intellect.It is a sanctuary of our faith&#8217;.Lord, forgive us for the times we have read about Gethsemane with dry eyes.(from The Cross He Bore) So now Resurrection Sunday is over and you&#8217;re wondering how you can keep meditating on the cross of the Lord. &nbsp;Well, I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[80,79,78],"class_list":["post-742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotional-and-bible","tag-frederick-leahy","tag-frederick-s-leahy","tag-the-cross-he-bore","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Cross He Bore - Finding direction<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2008\/the-cross-he-bore.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Cross He Bore - Finding direction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&#8216;Gethsemane is not a field of study for our intellect.It is a sanctuary of our faith&#8217;.Lord, forgive us for the times we have read about Gethsemane with dry eyes.(from The Cross He Bore) So now Resurrection Sunday is over and you&#8217;re wondering how you can keep meditating on the cross of the Lord. &nbsp;Well, I [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2008\/the-cross-he-bore.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Finding direction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-03-26T12:44:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2008-03-26T15:52:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/images\/the-cross-he-bore.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jim\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jim\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cottrillcompass.com\\\/blog\\\/2008\\\/the-cross-he-bore.html#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cottrillcompass.com\\\/blog\\\/2008\\\/the-cross-he-bore.html\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jim\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cottrillcompass.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e27f701e051dfb9c158f9637b14f8685\"},\"headline\":\"The Cross He Bore\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-03-26T12:44:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2008-03-26T15:52:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cottrillcompass.com\\\/blog\\\/2008\\\/the-cross-he-bore.html\"},\"wordCount\":288,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cottrillcompass.com\\\/blog\\\/2008\\\/the-cross-he-bore.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cottrillcompass.com\\\/images\\\/the-cross-he-bore.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Frederick Leahy\",\"Frederick S. 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