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One of the greatest joys of my life was being mentored by Leighton Ford.  He sent some of us this email - and as I read it - I thought of Easter and what it is about. 
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“Billy Wants to Preach One More Time”
When Jeanie took some friends to visit her 91-year old big brother a few weeks ago, he was feeling better and more chipper, and his voice was much stronger than it had been.

And he told Jeanie: “I would like to preach one more time.”
That’s unlikely at his age, but, who knows, with that desire?
But, if he was able to preach one more time, what do you think his text and theme would be?

You have a guess?

If you visited the sitting room where he spends much of his days you would know.
On the wall Jeanie saw a Bible text written in very, very large letters.  Galatians 6:14

But God forbid that I should glory,
save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.
That gives more than a hint doesn’t it!

And wouldn’t you like to hear him preach the cross? And preach it one more time?  Perhaps he will. Or perhaps he did, to that small congregation, Jeanie and her two friends, at his mountain home.

God forbid that I should glory … save in the cross.
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As I read this I was moved.  I thought of all my friends here in Keller and around the world and it is the same message for all of us.  “For God so loved the world - that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever should believe on him should not perish but have eternal life.”  John 3:16

The cross is where we find redemption - forgiveness - reconciliation to God. 

The cross is God’s ultimate action that shows his love for all humanity. 

The cross is God’s ultimate identification with man in becoming one of us and going to the extreme. 

The cross was not just a moral statement about dying for doing right.  It was about dying to forgive as a sacrifice.