(June 5th): Christ the Man of Sorrows

We cannot fully understand the sufferings of Christ; the Lord only knows what is included in the curse of the moral law, and what is the true and utmost desert of sin, which Christ endured in our stead. How, then, do we know what Christ suffered, when the punishment due to our sins, when all our iniquity, was laid upon Him, and He had the curse of the law upon Him? The Lord only knows what these things include.

—John Owen (1616–1683)

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About the Author: Aaron Dunlop

Originally from N. Ireland, Aaron pastored in Canada for ten years, and served as a missionary in Jamaica and more recently in Kenya. He continues his work in East Africa as the director of The Krapf Project, editing and preparing resources for rural pastors. He edits The Pastor's Study, a quarterly magazine published in Nairobi. Aaron is the pastor of Dunamanagh Baptist Church in Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland. He is married to Grace and they have five children, James, Bethan, William, Emily and Thomas. In this blog, Aaron writes devotional, pastoral, and theological articles, as well as Church history. His latest book is a missionary biography on Dr Ludwig Krapf, the first Protestant missionary to East Africa.

(June 5th): Christ the Man of Sorrows