Accursed and Exalted

A sermon preached at Our Saviour Lutheran Church on 18 September 2011. Holy Cross Day (observed). Numbers 21:4–9 1 Corinthians 1:18–25 John 12:20–33 You can also listen to the sermon. Picture the scene: deadly snakes all over the place. Grief-stricken mothers cradling their dying children. Panicked Israelites trying to find a hiding place from the…