Crucifixion and the Way We Live Our Lives

Today in class, I realized that I had for years taken the Crucifixion more or less for granted. That I had grown indifferent or perhaps that I never really thought of it as a very gruesome way to die. Today was the first time that the actual medical presentation of how Christ died on the cross and all the pain and punishment that he endured hit me somewhere deep in my heart. What a terrible and inhumane ordeal Jesus was willing to go thru, to save us sinners.
Today as I watched this documentary on the final hours of Jesus life it finally occurred to me that, of all my years going to church and hearing about God's crucifixion and resurrection I didn't even know the actual immediate cause of death of our savior.
Crucifixion Background.
Apparently, the first known practice of crucifixion was by the Persians. …