Why is it "Good Friday"?

Breakpoint

Colson Center

Christianity, News Commentary, News, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 15 April 2022

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

One of my all-time favorite B.C. comic strips has two guys talking.

"I hate the term Good Friday," says one.

"Why?" says the other guy.

"My Lord was hanged on a tree that day," the first guy replies.

"But if you were going to be hanged on that day," his friend says, "and He volunteered to take your place, how would you feel?"

"Good," the first guy replies.

And there it is. Today marks the greatest act of love in the history of the universe: "he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed" (Isaiah 53:5).

Today on very a special BreakPoint podcast, we air four of Chuck Colson's classic BreakPoint commentaries reflecting on Good Friday and Easter Sunday, the day that, as he said, tells "the truth about everything."

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0:00.0	Why is today good?
0:02.0	For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street with a point.
0:04.5	One of my favorite all-time BC comic strips has two guys talking.
0:08.3	I hate the term Good Friday, says one.
0:10.5	Why? says the other guy.
0:12.0	Well, my lord was hanged on a tree that day, the first guy replies.
0:15.5	But if you were going to be hanged on tree that day, his friend says,
0:18.7	and he volunteered to take your place. How would you feel?
0:22.1	Good, the first guy replies. And there it is. See, today marks the greatest act of love in the history
0:27.1	of the universe. He was peers for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities, the punishment
0:31.5	that brought us peace was on him. By his wounds, we are healed. Today on a very special breakpoint
0:37.4	podcast, we air four of Chuck on a very special breakpoint podcast we air
0:38.6	four of Chuck Colson's classic breakpoint commentaries about Good Friday and
0:43.8	Easter Sunday that day as he says that tells the truth about everything
0:48.5	come to breakpoint.org to tune in that's break.org. I'm John Stone Street.

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