I’m writing this post just after noon on Good Friday—at the outset of the 3-hour period of silent reflection on Christ’s Passion.
Jesus became a human being to model what being human is.
That includes the cross.
I have no accurate conception of God’s love apart from the cross.
I would not love God if it weren’t for the cross—for, as Scripture says, we love God because God first loved us.
Without the cross, I would have no reference point from which to understand what it means to offer my body as a living sacrifice or to lay down my life for others. Without the cross, in fact, I would have no life at all.
And now, through the cross, Jesus calls me afresh to live the cruciform life:
“Follow me.”
 Chuck Conniry is Vice President and Dean of George Fox Evangelical Seminary, a graduate school of George Fox University, in Newberg, Oregon. Chuck holds several degrees, including the PhD in theology from Fuller Theological Seminary and MDiv from Bethel Seminary, San Diego. He is married to Dianne and together they have three children and one daughter-in-law: Krystal, Matthew (and his wife, Ashley), and Nathan. Chuck loves to write, swim, and ride his Harley. He and his family reside in Sherwood, Oregon.
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