-11, Dr. Toby Holt frames the scene around what he calls the "divine dilemma": God is good, but you are not; God is just, but you are guilty — so how can a holy Judge forgive sinners without ceasing to be just? The scribes and Pharisees drag a woman caught in adultery before Jesus as a trap, demanding a verdict. But Jesus turns the trap: "He who is...

The Trap Set for Christ in the Temple

The Divine Dilemma: How Can a Just Judge Forgive Sinners?

The Guilty Woman Brought Before a Holy God

Christ Teaching in the Temple: Why His Words Brought Persecution

The Scheme to Accuse Jesus Before Rome

The No-Win Trap: Rome's Law Against Capital Punishment

The Law of Moses and the Selective Enforcement of Justice

What Jesus Wrote on the Ground

He Who Is Without Sin: Christ Reverses the Trap

There But for the Grace of God: A Warning Against Judging

Neither Do I Condemn You: Grace to the Guilty

The Judge Who Renders Justice: Why God Cannot Simply Acquit

The Dilemma Resolved: Condemned in Our Place at the Cross

Go and Sin No More: The Response of a Forgiven Heart