Which hurt more, the whip, the nails, the public ridicule or the fact that Peter denied you? I think I know the answer.
Father, forgive them–Really, because that is a little hard to swallow?
Why did you use a Persian loan word to describe heaven to the thief, because, honestly, that kinda freaks me out?
Was Pilate sympathetic or a jackass? I can’t really tell from the Scriptures and I need to know.
Why were your female followers braver than your male followers?
Had you met Joseph of Arimathea before–not in the way that God meets everyone but in the way that you in your humanity you might have sat and chatted with him ahead of time about what to do with your body?
As they gambled for your clothes, did you think about Judas or did you think about me?
In the courtyard, when they were whipping you, how did you keep from calling them each by name and scolding them?
When they pushed the crown of “thorns” upon your sweaty “brow” did you reflect on Adam and Eve and remember a better day?
Why did it have to be a cross? I mean, if death for atonement is all that was needed, wouldn’t a quick thrust from a Roman short sword through the neck been just as effective?
Can you help me reconcile my own emotions on this–because I’m glad you did it, but at the same time I hate that you did it?
Do you think Satan really thought he had won, or did he know what was coming in a couple of days?
This is a hard question, especially to ask of God, but I still wonder it so here goes: Do you ever regret it? I ask because I’m not sure we’re worth it.