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Title: The Message of the Cross: Wisdom Unsearchable, Love Indestructible (The Bible Speaks Today-- Bible Themes Series) by Derek J. Tidball ISBN: 0-8308-2403-0 Publisher: Intervarsity Press Pub. Date: August, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Rich source of biblical teaching
Comment: The central message of the bible must surely be the cross of Christ. Derek Tidball's book takes us through the many different passages where the bible articulates this message, including:
Genesis 22 - the story of Abraham obeying God and offering his only son as a sacrifice
Exodus 12 - the story of the Jewish Passover
Psalm 22 - which foretells many aspects of Christ's suffering on the cross
Isaiah 53 - which depicts a suffering servant, taken up in the NT as a prophecy of Christ's death on the cross
The accounts in the 4 gospels which while having many features in common, also have their own distinctive emphases
Paul's teaching about the cross in Romans 3, 1 Corinthians 1, 2 Corinthians 5, Ephesians 2, Colossinas 1-2, Galatians and Philippians
and the perspective of the writers of Hebrews, Peter and John in Revelation
The book is written as biblical theology, letting each author give his own point of view. While Tidball believes that these views harmonise, he does not smooth out the distinctions, but allows us to see them in their own settings.
This is the best book I have seen on the cross and I unreservedly recommend it.
Rating: 4
Summary: Generally a Good Book
Comment: Derek Tidball has done a fine job in his book on the cross. He divided the book into four main sections with a study guide at the end. In each section there are several chapters each being around 15 pages in length. Section 1 deals with the cross anticipated wherein Derek discusses the Old Testament prophetic and typological background. In section 2 he deals with the cross as experienced by Christ as we see in the 4 gospels. Section 3 goes through some of Paul's letters identifying how it is Paul explained the cross. Section 4 deals with the cross applied looking at the information on the cross in Hebrews, 1Peter, 1John, and Revelation. And finally, as mentioned above, there is a study guide. Basically the study guide has a set of questions to go along with each chapter of the book helping us to grasp and retain the vast amount of information.
As mentioned above in brief, this book covers a lot of information being rather detailed yet generally easy reading. Theologically speaking, Derek comes from the vicarious death view wherein Christ dies in the place of people and by faith they can be saved. One of the nice things about this book is its thoroughness dealing not only with the theological understanding of the cross, but also how the cross relates to us practically (that is, how it affects our lives). Really the only reason I didn't give this book 5 stars is because despite its thoroughness, I found that sometimes when you get to how Paul explains the cross and how the cross is applied, though Derek embarks on explaining the meaning of Paul's writings, etc., sometimes he doesn't really communicate the meaning of Paul's writings all that well. I was hoping, when I bought the book, to find a clearly defined explanation of all the statements of the cross and its connection to salvation and faith and I didn't get what I was hoping for. Nevertheless, this book has much to offer.
To develop my one criticism a bit further, I found in Derek's book what I have found in other books on the cross, that is a clear inconsistency between their view of the nature of Christ's death and how it relates to salvation by faith. In brief, it's simply inconsistent to believe that Christ died in the place of people as a payment and to say that those people have to believe in order to be saved, that is, freed from the payment. Why? Because if Christ's death is by nature a matter of payment wherein he is in effect paying off the "fine" due to your sins, upon paying off that "fine" you hardly have to believe in order to freed from the fine (i.e., saved). Freedom from punishment would be an automatic effect of Christ's death if Christ was paying off your fine on the cross. It's no different than if I pay off any of your debts (credit, legal, personal, etc.), my payment automatically frees you from the obligation to pay regardless of your trust or non-trust in me. Thus, there is no need for faith to be saved since one was saved automatically. This unfortunately is the problem that Derek runs into in his book. I was hoping that he had recognized the problem with the traditional explanation of a vicarious death and given a solution to the problem, though he does not..., but again, unfortunately Derek didn't really recognize this problem. Aside from that, the book has a lot of great information both theological and practical.
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Title: The Message of Heaven and Hell: Grace and Destiny (The Bible Speaks Today Series) by Bruce Milne ISBN: 0830824065 Publisher: Intervarsity Press Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Message of Salvation: By God's Grace, for God's Glory (The Bible Speaks Today) by Philip Graham Ryken ISBN: 0830824049 Publisher: Intervarsity Press Pub. Date: February, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Are Miraculous Gifts for Today? by Wayne A. Grudem, R. L. Saucy, Douglas A. Oss, Richard B. Gaffin, Samuel Storms ISBN: 0310201551 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 10 October, 1996 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: The Cross and Christian Ministry: Leadership Lessons from I Corinthians by D. A. Carson ISBN: 0801091683 Publisher: Baker Book House Pub. Date: February, 2004 List Price(USD): $11.99 |
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Title: The Message of Prayer (The Bible Speaks Today Bible Themes Series) by Timothy Chester, Derek Tidball, Tim Chester ISBN: 0830824081 Publisher: Intervarsity Press Pub. Date: December, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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