" Sin requires blood. I can’t explain why. It just is. Somewhere in here, I came to grips with the beautiful, tender, magnificent, barbaric, soul-shattering, eternal, unequivocal reality that the birth, life, and death of this innocent boy and magnificent Man are simply my King’s first step from throne to trough to cross to tomb to hell to God’s right hand. As a result, I am blood bought. Blood washed. And blood redeemed. "

― Charles Martin , What If It's True?: A Storyteller’s Journey with Jesus