Cancelling Jesus -The Gospel According to Mark: Following Jesus (Ch 15:20-32)

When an event or show or subscription is "cancelled," it means it is over, voided, rejected, no longer wanted.  In our current culture to "cancel" a person or group has become a form of public shaming by removing support and encouraging rejection because they have said or done something deemed offensive.  The "cancel culture" is nothing new.  Indeed, the greatest example can be found at the cross where God's own Son, the promised redeemer and ruler of all creation, is utterly despised and rejected by all.  But the "cancelling" and rejection of Jesus does not nullify or void his influence, but actually expands it as the means by which sinners can be accepted and welcomed by God himself.