Finding Forgiveness

By Ken Dornhecker

Awaken your soul with a fresh look at the most significant event in human history, the death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.
This stirring narrative will remind you of the greatest love ever witnessed.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ken Dornhecker
• Release date: Mar 1, 2016
• ISBN: 9781311055255

Ken Dornhecker

Ken began his ministry in 1981 ministering to local teenagers. This passion for souls is still at the heart of the ministry today. In January 1984, the ministry became international when Ken moved to Germany as a missionary. Since then, he has traveled to more than twenty countries. From tiny isolated villages in developing nations, to the world’s great cities, he has talked about the person of Jesus with countless thousands of people. He has spoken extensively as a pastor, evangelist, and missionary. He has been on secular television, appeared in the pages of Time magazine, as well as newspapers around the world. He lives with his wife Rebecca in North Central Texas.

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Finding Forgiveness!

by

Ken Dornhecker

Copyright © 2013 by Ken Dornhecker

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission.

First Edition: May 2013

Printed in the United States of America

ISBN: 9781620305263

This book is dedicated to

my Lord Jesus Christ,

who gave his life to

save my soul!

Forward

But we preach Christ crucified. For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. Right before your very eyes—Jesus Christ was openly and graphically set forth and portrayed as crucified. —The Apostle Paul

Contents

Chapter 1: The Little Death

Chapter 2: Pierced and Crushed!

Chapter 3: Crucified!

Chapter 4: Through Death's Curtain!

Chapter 5: Defeating Death!

Chapter 6: The Centerpiece of God's Love!

Chapter 7: Open the Door to Him!

Postscript

Chapter 1 – The Little Death

The wooden post rose a few feet out of the center of a stone platform in the courtyard of the fortress. Near the top of the post hung two iron rings. This was the whipping post. Roman justice was swift, cruel, and thorough. Scourging was called the little death. Jesus was now officially in Roman hands.

Spectators pressed their way into a semi-circle around the platform. Roman soldiers in their gleaming armor and red capes kept them at a proper distance. Two soldiers tore Jesus’ robe off his shoulders, exposing his back. They pushed him up the three stone steps of the platform and brutally threw him face down to the pavement. His hands were then tied tightly to the iron rings and he was stretched out pitifully in the early morning sun.

Two professional Roman lictors stepped forward and removed the short-handled scourges from where they hung on the post to one side of the platform. The heavy leather tentacles hung straight down, weighted at the ends by small lead beads and hooks. The bigger soldier on the right raised his flagra to a position behind his head, held it in place, and made eye contact