For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures, (1 Corinthians 15:3-4).

Every Christian learns it from the time they are little - Jesus died for my sins. But what does that mean? How does that even work? And why did it happen?

This is Holy Week, the most solemn days for Christians in the Church year. This past Sunday the Church remembered Jesus' entry into Jerusalem, where he was greeted with palm branc...