QUESTION OF THE WEEK PUBLISHED IN ST

On April 12th, 2004, after the release of Mel Gibson’s widely acclaimed film The Passion of the Christ TIME magazine had a leading article, “Why Did Jesus Have to Die?” Here is the basic reason: Man alone cannot atone for his sin against the infinite justice of God. Only a God–man could do that, and Jesus the God-man made that atonement ... ................
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