Somber eyes peer out from the painting Simon of Cyrene by contemporary Dutch artist Egbert Modderman Mark Simon was pulled from the watching crowd and forced to help Jesus carry His cross In the painting Simon rsquo s eyes reveal the immense physical and emotional burden of this responsibility Mark tells us that Simon was from Cyrene a big city in North Africa that had a large population of Jews during Jesus rsquo time Most likely Simon had journeyed to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover Then he found himself in the middle of this unjust execution but was able to [... more]

Episode Dr Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions Show Notes CoreChristianity com Key questions answered in today's show Why do so many churches teach that hell is a place of eternal torment when it says in the New Testament that only believers will put on immortality and in the Old Testament it teaches that the wicked will be destroyed and the New testament it teaches that death is the punishment for sin for example in John Johns very clear about the symbolism of the lake of fire being the second death I don't understand why so many mainstream [... more]