Perhaps we have memorialized the wrong thing. Christ’s death was indeed a sacrifice that should be remembered—but with sober reverence, not as a decorative article of jewelry. We don’t worship a dead criminal; we worship a risen Lord! We don’t remember our departed family members by hanging a miniature deathbed or auto accident about our neck; why should we decorate ourselves with the instrument of His agony?
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