Contributed by Eric Smith on May 15, 2005
                    
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    21st century Christians have made the cross into a showpiece of artwork, but the cross that Jesus died on was never intended to be a showpiece, or fine art.
                
                    
                        It Was Not A Pretty Cross 
Rev. Eric D. Smith
Matt 27:22-35
22   Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.
23   And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be
                        
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