, 3. The cross on which Jesus hung did not look a bit like a royal scepter. But the cross is his power to save, bringing us into the new day. The scepter of the cross rises like the dawn. Parts: A. Spreading around the world. B. Enlightening dark hearts. Preached on March 16, 2014, for the Second Sunday in Lent, at St. John's Ev. Lutheran Church (WELS), Hancock, MN. Available in print at http://hancocklutheran.org/sermons/The-Scepter-of-the-Cross-Rises-like-the-Dawn-Psalm110_2,3.html