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Title: The Cross of Christ by John R. W. Stott ISBN: 0-87784-998-6 Publisher: Intervarsity Press Pub. Date: December, 1986 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.86 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Beyond the Passion
Comment: This would be an excellent book to read if you need more background material after going to Mel Gibson's movie the Passion.
It starts with a history of church use of the cross. Then it moves into expository teaching on Bible verses leading up to Jesus' death on the cross. It also references non-Biblical sources like Josephus, Tertullian, Oliver Barclay, William Barclay and several contemporary theologians.
Like other John Stott books it is logically presented with copious references. There are indices by Bible verse and by words in the text. There is also a comprehensive reference list.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent - the Core of the Christan Faith
Comment: Jesus told us to remember His death. It was the crowning achievement of our Savior. Everything about our salvation is rooted in that monumental work. Stott's exposition of the atoning work of Christ is exceptional. He covers each aspect of the Cross's accomplishments. I could not more highly recommend this classic for a Christian believer. It will deepen your understanding, faith, devotion and love of our Savior.
Rating: 3
Summary: A review from an atheist...
Comment: As an atheist loaned this book by a friend, I feel I can contribute a degree of critical detachment that may not otherwise be present.
Overall I found this an interesting, if slightly frustrating read.
The main focus of the book is on the Christian atonement; the presumption that Christ assumed and assuaged the sins of the world with his death. Stott is concerned with showing the centrality of the atonement to christian thought, and how the theology of the cross provides a prescriptive basis for action in modern life.
From a theological viewpoint, the exposition is excellent, and Stott develops his position with lucidity and rigour. He is not afraid of theological complications, and though occaisonally guilty of establishing straw men, there is a sense of intellectual honesty on the part of the author.
Educated atheists will find nothing intellectually challenging here, and dedicated students of philosophy will derive some amusement from Stott's several 'mistakes' (in addition to the faulty premises). Indeed, because Stott's purpose here is "preaching to the converted" rather than conversion, he adopts several rehetorical positions long discredited and abandoned by mainstream thought. To be fair though, Stott disdains the anti-intellectualism of much evangelical thought, and the logic is of a far higher standard than most christian polemics.
The later sections of the book are weaker, as Stott translates his beliefs into a political agenda akin to liberation theology. Unfortunately, these sections merely reveals the author's ignorance of economics, physics, biochemistry, history, and politics. There are 1 or 2 factual errors that could have benefited from tighter editing here too.
Nonetheless the work has considerable educational value in it's evangelical theology, and I would recommend it to students of the genre.
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Title: Knowing God by J. I. Packer ISBN: 083081650X Publisher: Intervarsity Press Pub. Date: December, 1993 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Basic Christianity by John R. W. Stott ISBN: 0802811892 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: September, 1986 List Price(USD): $6.00 |
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Title: The Atonement: It's Meaning and Significance by Leon Morris ISBN: 0877848262 Publisher: Intervarsity Press Pub. Date: April, 1984 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Christian Theology by Millard J. Erickson ISBN: 0801021820 Publisher: Baker Book House Pub. Date: July, 1998 List Price(USD): $44.99 |
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Title: The Message of Romans: God's Good News for the World (The Bible Speaks Today) by John R. W. Stott ISBN: 0830812466 Publisher: Intervarsity Press Pub. Date: July, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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