Object: None or picture of a skull.

Good morning, boys and girls. Have you ever seen a picture of a skull? How does it make you feel? Not very good. A skull is just the bone of the head, but when there are no eyes, ears, lips, nose, skin or hair, a skull is pretty frightening. I have a picture of a hill that looks like a skull. If you look closely you can see the place for the eyes, nose and mouth. That skull-like hill is just outside the gate of old Jerusalem, and it is the place where many people believe Jesus was crucified. The Bible talks about the hill called Golgotha, where Jesus died, as a hill that reminded people of a skull. Another name for this place is Calvary.

After Jesus had been sentenced to die by Pilate and turned over to the soldiers to be crucified there was a loud che…