The Rambling Disciple

Right now I am reading a book title The Crucifixion  by Fleming Rutledge and I cannot recommend it enough. One thing that has stood out to me has been the way she unflinchingly stares right into the darkness of sin. I have never read a book that so plainly, thoroughly and expertly examined the true horror of sin.  One of the main quotes she uses is from St. Anselm of Canterbury, who lived from around AD 1033 - 1109. Anselm, in his work Cur Deo Homo  or The God Man , says "You have not yet considered the gravity of sin." It is a work concerning the Incarnation of Jesus Christ. In the book Anselm is writing as if he is having a dialogue with a student named Boso (not a comment on his intelligence but just a name in those days). Boso tends to ask questions which Anselm then answers, and this is his answer to one of Boso's questions concerning why Jesus needed to suffer as he did. I think this is especially true today. We haven't truly considered the gravity of sin. We ar