Good Friday

Good Friday

From St. John’s Park Slope by Sermons from St. John’s Church in Brooklyn, NY

April 3, 2026 · 9 min

About this episode

John discusses the foreknowledge of Jesus regarding his betrayal and crucifixion, emphasizing his voluntary sacrifice out of love.

John presents Jesus as one who knew what would happen—knew who would betray him, knew who would deny him, knew who would demand him crucified, and knew who would flail and fail to let him go. The cross wasn’t foist upon him. He knew all of this and went anyway. He went to be crowned. He went for love...

People in this episode

Host: John

Topics covered

  • Good Friday
  • betrayal
  • crucifixion
  • sacrifice
  • love
  • Christianity

Keywords

  • Good Friday
  • Jesus
  • betrayal
  • crucifixion
  • sacrifice
  • love
  • Christianity

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Organizations: St. John’s Church

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