Summary: When the acids of the age have eaten into the fabric of the faith, when social ministry passes for the gospel and love may mean sentimental acceptance of any form of behavior, we need to be reminded of the cruciality of the cross for our faith. That's the message for this Sunday and we need to know that neither Paul nor Peter nor James could have invented this understanding of the cross as the tool of reconciliation; it came as revelation to them, as it continues to come as revelation to us. You cannot understand Christ without the cross.
