Article April 10, 2017 ISSUE

‘Laying down our life’ and gaining much: the implications of Easter

Susan Booth Mack Snipes

A couple of years ago, I was praying to understand more deeply the story of Christ Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection when it appeared in the Bible Lesson from the Christian Science Quarterly during the Easter season. The Lesson that week included this passage from the Gospel of John: “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” (15:13).

As I read that passage, I felt that there was something important to grasp and that it was the key to this deeper understanding that I was seeking.

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