Emphasis Preaching Journal
A Sunday school teacher was...
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A Sunday school teacher was doing a lesson about the crucifixion. The teacher tried her best to tell the story as realistically as she could. In fact, the horrifying details came across so graphically to the children that one little boy blurted out, "Where in the heck were the Marines?" We know that Jesus could have called upon the armies of heaven to save him, but he refused to do so. His submission to death is one of the things that make it difficult for some to understand that Jesus was the King of kings.