Don’t diminish Jesus’ ministry in your celebration of his work on the cross. Good Friday services were well celebrated within my Afro-Baptist ecclesial tradition. And unlike liturgical settings, where ...

One of the most powerful statements by Jesus comes in John 19:30 where He cried out, “It is Finished!” while dying on the cross. Through the cross, King Jesus has accomplished absolutely everything ...

When Jesus had received the wine, he said, “It is finished.” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. Since it was the day of Preparation, the Jews did not want the bodies left on the cross ...

Historical events have been recorded to provide knowledge for posterity. Once something has been documented it requires future generations to ponder the significance. At Calvary where Jesus was ...

Jesus’ final words from the Cross — ‘It is finished’ — do not signal an end, but a consummation. Through the Creed and the Cross, we are invited into the mystery that continues through the Church, the ...

It is finished” is not a death gurgle. “It is finished” is not “I am done for.” “It is finished” will not be, as we know from the tradition of the ordering of these words from the cross, the last ...

Believers should enjoy to the fullest what the finished works of Christ Jesus offers. We don’t take lightly Jesus’ accomplishment, a feat meant for our free partaking on a table set for believers. God ...