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The Cross of Jesus
by Leon Morris
Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co
February, 1988
Format: Paperback
OURS IS AN AGE IN WHICH FRUSTRATION and futility have emerged as
major obstacles in the way of living a full and satisfying life. The
sense of living in a godforsaken world oppresses many. Sometimes the
problem is caused by the evils we do to one another; sometimes by
our helplessness in the face of natural disaster. Many are left
wondering where God is at
such times.
In the face of these
twentieth-century ills, we can
look to the cross of Jesus as the answer to our deepestneeds. In
this book, Leon Morris moves beyond traditional theories of the
atonement and treats those aspects of the cross which have not
received the attention they deserve and which speak more effectively
to our age than to others.
Following a clear statement of the biblical teaching
on the utter necessity of the cross and a brief consideration of
some representative traditional views, Morris breaks new ground with
chapters on the cross as the answer to the pervasive modern maladies
of Futility, Ignorance, Loneliness, Sickness and Death, and
Selfishness.
Based on Morris's 1988 Gheens Lectures at
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary- in Louisville, thisbook is a
model of unobtrusive, relevant biblical scholarship, written in a
style notable for its clarity.
LEON MORRIS retired as Principal of Ridley College,
Melbourne, Australia, in 1979. A widely-acclaimed experton the
extensive literature on his theme, he has writtenseveral books on
the subject of the cross, including TheApostolic Preaching of the
Cross and The Cross in theNew Testament.
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