1 - Jesus is condemned to death

"Is it possible that our world still knows better how to deal with the bandit, a murderer, and insurrectionist that it knows what to do with the Prince of Peace? There is a sense in which an assassin's attempt on the pope's life it less shocking to our world than the pope's forgiveness of him. Is it possible that we would rather deal with raw power that rides on a stallion than with this one who comes on a donkey, with the weapons of love, patience, suffering, and peace? Given the choice, isn't it possible that we would take Barabbas, too?"

From What Will You Do with King Jesus? by James A. Harnish