Groom: Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ

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This region has mostly flat, grassy land or plains. These plains are part of the same flat grassland that extends from the Great Plains of the Central United States. Sometimes this land is also called the Llano Estacado or “Staked Plains.” The land is mostly treeless and is on a high, flat plateau.

Panhandle derives its name from its central location in the Texas Panhandle. Originally named “Carson City”, it was later changed to “Panhandle City”. In 1887, Panhandle obtained a post office, and in 1888 the town was planned as the terminus of the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway.

The Groom Cross — officially named “The Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ” — rises 19 stories up from the Texas Panhandle, a landscape as flat as unleavened bread and as empty as Jesus’s Tomb.

Corpus Christi Cross

Groom is famous for its Leaning water tower and a 198 foot tall Giant Cross.

Monumental crosses

At 31 feet (9.45m) it is the largest crucifix in the world, however the largest Christian cross in the world stands at 492 feet (150m), located in the Valley of the Fallen, Spain. The Crucifix has become one of the most famous and most frequently visited shrines in all of Michigan.

Lording over Interstate highways 57 and 70, the “Cross at the Crossroads” was built for broadly noble religious reasons — and to out-size every other big American cross out there, especially the giant cross in Groom, Texas, which was both its inspiration and its toughest competition.

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When visitors pull into the driveway of the Trimmer home in Lancaster, they’re greeted by a 13-inch-high white wooden cross and a small American flag in a flower pot. The cross is a symbol of Christian faith that Frances and Lowell Trimmer believe is being erased from the public mindset.

198 feet tall

“Building the cross was just a thing to do, not because John (Schultz) or I wanted attention,” said Althoff of his co-founder. The idea to construct the 198-foot Cross at the Crossroads was initiated by Althoff’s close friends, the late John and Fran Schultz.

BATESVILLE, MS (WMC) – A massive cross now adorns the side of I-55 in Batesville, Mississippi. The 120-foot cross is topped with a crown of thorns, symbolizing the cross Jesus Christ was crucified on and the crown of thorns that was placed on his head.

The Cross at the Crossroads I-57 exit 159. Drive east toward Effingham, then make a quick right onto Raney St. Drive south for one mile, then turn right onto Pike Ave. At 198 feet tall, “The Cross at the Crossroads” looms over “The Crossroads of America” at the intersection of Interstates 57 and 70.

• Cross at the Crossroads. 172.
• Tuscan Hills Winery. Wineries & Vineyards.
• Mid America Motorworks, My Garage Museum. Speciality Museums.
• Lake Sara. Bodies of Water.
• TREC Calico Trail. Hiking Trails.
• Effingham Performance Center. Theaters.
• Effingham Convention and Visitors Bureau. Visitor Centers.
• John Boos Factory Showroom & Outlet.

The tall white cross with water droplets, which represent water droplets from John 19:34, stands in Taney County between Springfield and Branson. This county alone is home to more than 40 churches from every denomination.

The earliest historical reference to veneration of the True Cross occurs in the mid-4th century. By the 8th century the accounts were enriched by legendary details describing the history of the wood of the cross before it was used for the Crucifixion.

Current relic Currently the Greek Orthodox church presents a small True Cross relic shown in the Greek Treasury at the foot of Golgotha, within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Syriac Orthodox Church also has a small relic of the True Cross in St Mark Monastery, Jerusalem.

Relics to fill a ship Part of the cross awarded to Helena’s mission was taken to Rome (the other remained in Jerusalem) and, according to tradition, a large part of the remains are preserved in the Basilica of the Holy Cross in the Italian capital.

dogwood trees

Trees need caring for so that they bear fruit and benefit mankind, contributing to our overall welfare. In Genesis 2:16-17, God gave both man and woman his first command, and it referred to the fruit of the tree, but they disobeyed. We see in the gospels that Christ died on a tree for the forgiveness of our sins.

The new analysis suggests the nails were lost from the tomb of the Jewish high priest Caiaphas, who reportedly handed Jesus over to the Romans for execution. Slivers of wood and bone fragments suggest they may have been used in a crucifixion.

The initialism INRI represents the Latin inscription IESVS NAZARENVS REX IVDÆORVM (Iēsus Nazarēnus, Rēx Iūdaeōrum ), which in English translates to “Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews” (John 19:19). John 19:20 states that this was written in three languages–Hebrew, Latin and Greek–and was put on the cross of Jesus.

Yeshua

The Holy Sponge is one of the Instruments of the Passion of Jesus Christ. It was dipped in vinegar (or in some translations sour wine), most likely posca, a favorite beverage of Roman soldiers, and offered to Christ to drink from during the Crucifixion, according to Matthew 27:48, Mark 15:36, and John 19:29.