Pontius Pilate knew Jesus was innocent, yet he surrendered justice to the demands of the crowd. Erik Borlaug examines Jesus’ Roman trials and uses Pilate as a warning about fear, compromise, and divided loyalty—then points to the King who still offers mercy to those complicit in his death.

Our identity becomes fragile when it depends on human praise—or on finding fault with others. Erik Borlaug contrasts the glory that comes from people with the glory God gives in Christ, showing from John 12 and Ephesians how the gospel humbles self-exaltation and lifts up the self-loathing.