Dewey Bertolini's Podcast

There is a forgotten figure in the Crucifixion-Resurrection drama. A remarkable man who came to a most-remarkable conclusion. As you will hear in this PODCAST, I am referring to the Roman officer who actually crucified Jesus. At the conclusion of the crucifixion, this Roman officer -- who had literally just killed Christ -- made this stunning statement: “This man truly was the Son of God!” Now, I have to ask the questions: How in the world did he come to this conclusion? This Roman? This executioner? This worshipper of many gods? This witness to, and participant in, more crucifixions than he could count? What was it about this crucifixion that set it apart from all the others over which he, as a commander of 100 elite Roman troops, presided? What pushed him over the line from a polytheist to a monotheist? A worshiper of Caesar as god into a worshiper of Jesus as God? And what was it exactly that convinced him beyond the shadow of any doubt that the man he had just executed was in fact Almighty God? I am pr