Why Easter Matters - Session 1: The High Cost of Following Christ
Who Needs Christmas/Why Easter Matters • 21m
For the high priest Caiaphas, following Jesus would have required him to let go of something that was important to him—the religious system that had rewarded, protected, and defined him. If I don’t do something, he thought, we are going to lose everything that is important to us. (John 12:25)
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