Jesus Told Pilate His Kingdom Was Different. So Why Does the Church Keep Acting Like Rome?

What if the religious leaders who handed Jesus over to be killed weren't evil villains — they were just people protecting their power? In this Holy Week episode, we walk through John 18–19 and look at what's really happening beneath the surface of Jesus's trial. Because when you slow it down, you start to see a pattern that feels uncomfortably familiar: A religious system that had the answers. A leader who questioned those answers. And people in power who couldn't afford to let him keep talking. Sound familiar? Jesus tells Pilate his kingdom works differently than every empire and every institution that's ever used God's name to hold onto control. And that should make us ask hard questions about the systems we're still inside of today.