2009-09-25T10:31:25-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/bruised/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2053:5&version=KJV 2009-09-25T10:31:25-05:00 Through Jesus' brutal suffering and death, we are freed from sin. The wounds he suffered paradoxically mean spiritual health and freedom for us, an idea memorably stated in this prophecy from the Old Testament. http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=20452 2008-01-23T10:33:46-05:00 John Cennick was punched in the nose, beaten until his shoulders were black and blue, dunked in a dirty pond, sprayed with ditch water and blackened with musket smoke when he preached. Hecklers tried to drown his voice by beating drums and pans. Or they set dogs barking by swinging...