The Day That Changed Forever: Twenty-One Life-Changing Experiences at the Cross - Softcover

The events surrounding Christ’s Passion really happened, and the people who experienced those events were real people, just like us—individuals with their own histories, preconceptions, desires and ambitions. InThe Day That Changed Forever, Dr. Tim Roehl tells the stories of those events and people, using a combination of rigorous biblical scholarship and what he calls “sanctified imagination.” What must Barabbas have been thinking when he was set free so that an innocent man could die in his place? What went through the mind of Simon of Cyrene when he was drafted by Roman soldiers to carry Jesus’ cross? What led Annas, a religious leader, to use his influence to condemn Jesus to death? Sometimes a story can become so familiar that it begins to lose its power to startle and amaze its audience—it can be tempting for Christians to think they “know” the story of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection while forgetting to be changed by it. The unique viewpoints of the people at the cross, imagined with compelling realism in The Day That Changed Forever, will bring fresh perspective to the familiar events and awaken in readers a newfound passion for the old, old story.

Sometimes a story can become so familiar that it begins to lose its power to startle and amaze. It’s tempting sometimes for Christians to think we know the story of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection—and to forget to be changed by it. Yet no other story in all of history holds such a promise to transform us. The events surrounding Christ’s Passion really happened, and the people who experienced those events were real people, just like you—individuals with their own histories, preconceptions, desires and ambitions. In The Day That Changed Forever, Dr. Tim Roehl tells their stories, bringing to life the sights and sounds, hopes and fears, experienced by those who encountered Jesus during His last week.What must Barabbas have been thinking when he was set free so an innocent man could die in his place?What must have been going through Mary’s heart and mind as she stood looking at her son on the cross? What led Annas, a religious leader, to use his influence to condemn Jesus to death? Let the unique viewpoints of the real people at the cross bring fresh perspective to familiar events and awaken in you a new found passion for the old, old story.