The cross means several things if you think about it. First it means we see the depth of our sins when we look at the cross. There are people today that say everybody is going to be saved some day and we're all going to be in heaven. No we're not. We're only going to be saved if we come to the way of the cross.
Slavery is a terrible thing.
It is something that America has had to deal with for centuries for what our forefathers did. And In many parts of the world today there is slavery. All over the world there are countries that practice slavery. And you and I are slaves. Slaves of sin.