Download or read book The Cross and its Meaninglessness written by Timothy John Tracy and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2017-08-08 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forget everything you’ve ever thought (or been taught) about the Crucifixion. Most Christians believe we know all there is to know about the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and its symbolism. We’ve learned about it in Sunday schools, catechism classes, church services, and even in our exposure to religious painting and sculpture. But what you don’t know is going to surprise you. In The Cross and Its Meaninglessness, Timothy John Tracy has taken thousands of years of Christian religious doctrine surrounding the Crucifixion and turned it on its head. Tracy questions the accepted meaning of Jesus Christ’s death and dares to suggest that the traditional explanation of God’s sacrifice of his only son is misguided. He rejects the notion that mankind’s salvation could only be earned by appeasing a violent God’s blood lust. Tracy proclaims that a true understanding of God’s all-loving nature negates the need for Jesus’s murder. His unique, eloquent “prayer” will make you wonder about and question your suppositions. In this powerful meditation, Tracy asks us to open our heart and listen to his plea. Doing so may inspire a faith deeper than you’ve ever known.
Download or read book The Meaning of the Cross written by Peter Newman and published by . This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reveals the meaning of the most momentous act in human history - the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. This epoch event was predetermined by God from before the beginning of time to accomplish His eternal purpose. Although there is no truth of greater importance to God's people than the meaning of Christ's death on the cross, it is astonishing that there is no truth of which there is greater ignorance among professing Christians. Although they know they are saved by faith, very few Christians know how to live by faith. Consequently, they trust Jesus as Savior and hope one day to go to heaven but, in between, they struggle vainly to live in this sin-sick world by the best of their ability and often mistake their self-effort for faith. This is not only tragic, it is alarming because God's people can be ignorant about a lot of things, but if they are ignorant about the cross, they are in real trouble. As God said in Hosea 4:6: "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." The author clearly explains the glorious mystery of the cross, which is the key to understanding the whole gospel. Salvation is only the beginning and not the end of God's purpose for His people, for the cross of Christ is the door that leads to eternal union and intimate friendship with God.This book also contains an appendix with practical answers to thirty frequently asked questions regarding the meaning and application of the cross of Christ. All proceeds from this book go to support Christian evangelism and provide aid to members of the body of Christ in need.
Download or read book In the Shadow of the Cross The Deeper Meaning of Calvary written by Ray Pritchard and published by Primedia E-launch LLC. This book was released on with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fallen cross stands as a symbol for the spiritual condition of the church of Jesus Christ in the early days of the twenty-first century. In many places and many churches, the cross has fallen to the ground. Instead of boasting in the cross, we have neglected it, substituting in its place religious activity and therapeutic language designed to help us feel better about ourselves...And yet, when the story is truly told, it must be said that Christianity is supremely the religion of the cross. At the center of our faith a dying man hangs suspended between heaven and earth. Pastor Ray Pritchard takes a fresh look at the cross and the God-man on it and asks: who is He? why is He there? what are the words he is speaking? What did the cross mean to God? What did the cross mean to Satan? What does the cross mean to you today? Pastor Ray Pritchard asks these spiritually provocative questions in what will prove to be a spiritual tonic for your soul. Center your world around the anchor of our faith -- the cross. Discover the atonement found where grace and wrath meet. Linger at the foot of the cross.
Download or read book The Cross and the Lynching Tree written by James H. Cone and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A landmark in the conversation about race and religion in America. "They put him to death by hanging him on a tree." Acts 10:39 The cross and the lynching tree are the two most emotionally charged symbols in the history of the African American community. In this powerful new work, theologian James H. Cone explores these symbols and their interconnection in the history and souls of black folk. Both the cross and the lynching tree represent the worst in human beings and at the same time a thirst for life that refuses to let the worst determine our final meaning. While the lynching tree symbolized white power and "black death," the cross symbolizes divine power and "black life" God overcoming the power of sin and death. For African Americans, the image of Jesus, hung on a tree to die, powerfully grounded their faith that God was with them, even in the suffering of the lynching era. In a work that spans social history, theology, and cultural studies, Cone explores the message of the spirituals and the power of the blues; the passion and of Emmet Till and the engaged vision of Martin Luther King, Jr.; he invokes the spirits of Billie Holliday and Langston Hughes, Fannie Lou Hamer and Ida B. Well, and the witness of black artists, writers, preachers, and fighters for justice. And he remembers the victims, especially the 5,000 who perished during the lynching period. Through their witness he contemplates the greatest challenge of any Christian theology to explain how life can be made meaningful in the face of death and injustice.
Download or read book Suffering the Catholic Answer written by Hubert Van Zeller and published by Sophia Institute Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With warm, Christian compassion, Van Zeller shows how the answer to the problem of evil can be found only in Christ. (June)
Download or read book The Meaning of the Cross written by Gary Webb and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-10-08 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The crucifixion happened 2000 years ago, but it has vanished from much of modern preaching and teaching. In fact, it is not seen as being central to the gospel being preached today. Why? Simply because what took place there isn't understood by many of us. Failure to understand what God was accomplishing during those six hours will deprive you of a sense of awe toward God's amazing love and grace. It will deny you the foundation on which you can build a life of gratitude and service. After all, it was Christ Himself who called us to take up our cross and follow Him. We cannot do that unless we know what the cross meant to Him as He left heaven to reconcile fallen men to the Father. Don't miss the powerful truths contained in these few pages.
Download or read book The Cross written by Douglas Vickers and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2010-04-02 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A question has challenged the human conscience for two thousand years: "How are we to explain the presence of Jesus Christ in this world?" Or who, indeed, was Jesus Christ? A man like the rest of men? Or was he a divine Person? Why was it that well-practiced soldiers who failed to fulfill their commission to arrest him said: "Never man spoke like this man?" The early church confirmed the apostles' declaration that Jesus Christ was the eternal Son of God and that he came into the world to fulfill a messianic-redemptive assignment. "Christ Jesus," the apostle to the Gentiles explained, "came into the world to save sinners." In The Cross: Its Meaning and Message in a Postmodern World, Douglas Vickers sees the cross as the watershed of history. The divine objectives that the cross addressed bear vitally on the human condition, vitiated as that is by the entailment of sin. In an age in which postmodernist claims have rejected absolute criteria of truth and validity, the Christ of the cross provides the only refuge for those burdened by the search for meaning. The Cross explores the way of reconciliation between God and man. It affirms the apostolic claim that "In [Christ] are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge."
Download or read book Saved By The Cross How The Covenant Unveils The Meaning Of The Cross written by Mark Skillin and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this, his follow up to Saved By Faithfulness, Mark Skillin examines the death of Jesus on a cross in light of the biblical covenant. He argues that a covenantal perspective brings together two often opposing views: that Christ's death was an atonement for sin, and that Christ's death provided a moral example for how we are to live. Saved By The Cross argues that the cross both cleanses us from sin and calls us to pick up our own cross daily.
Download or read book The Meaning of the Cross written by Edward Grubb and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Meaning of the Cross in the Modern Society of Today written by Flea and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2009-02 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Meaning of the Cross written by Gordon Watt and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-03-09 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Meaning of the Cross: Studies of the Cross of Christ Throughout the Bible The new birth becomes an actual experience the moment that we receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Saviour. By that act, on the ground of the atoning sacrifice Of the Son of God, we receive new life, even the life of God; we pass into a new stage, that of spiritual regeneration, regenera tion by the Holy Spirit; and we enter into a new position, that Of being the children of God. N ow I dare not and can not emphasize too strongly the necessity of the new birth, simply because the new birth produces the new creation, and the new creation is God's imperative demand and requirement for new life and for new service. One of our old Scottish preachers once said, All man kind hangs either at the cradle Of Adam or, at the. Cradle of Christ, and we have to choose. I venture to say that the ordinary church-goer has little or no idea Of the mean ing of that, and yet it is one of the essential facts Of the Word of God. The Old head of the race was Adam, and Adam failed and fell, and the Old creation failed in him and fell with him. It is very important to be quite clear about that. I want to quote from a great Bible teacher: If man never fell, then the Christ Of the Gospels lived and taught and died unnecessarily. These are words that ought to be placarded abroad to-day: That man is con sistent who abandons all, rather than he who, professing still to own allegiance to Christ, denies some parts of the whole. It IS a pity that all of our liberal theologians could not read these words. These are words by J. Campbell Morgan in the introduction to the book of Genesis in his Analyzed Bible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Compelling Power of the Cross written by John Carlton Hobbs, Jr and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to demonstrate that Christ's death on the cross is the compelling power to motivate Christians to live their lives in accordance with the will of God! I have tried to taker a deeper look into the meaning of Christ's death. My prayer is that the reader will find this book biblical and relevant. the cross is not just a historical fact; it provides meaning and purpose for Christians every day of their lives. the main text of the book is 2 Corinthians 5:14-15. The text says, "For the love of Christ constraineth us." Christ's love for us motivates, compels, and constrains us to "live . . . unto him." His love was proven and demonstrated by His death. Paul emphasizes Christ's death for us three times in two verses (2 Cor. 5:14-15). Surely this is significant! We are drawn to Christ because of what He suffered and endured for us (John 12:32-33). Today men have made attempts to make replicas of the cross. They have sought to embellish it, beautify it, and make it physically attractive. Some have made miniature crosses of the finest silver, gold, and diamonds. While we can appreciate an attempt to remember Christ's death, we must never forget the horrible agony that transpired on the cross.
Download or read book Cross on a Hill written by Slavko Hadzic and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-10-31 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A devastating war, a burning cross, a crime network, and a victorious general—these are some of the many threads Hadžić and Irby weave together to clarify one of history’s most misunderstood symbols: the cross. The authors interweave Hadžić’s story with that of the cross in a way that seeks to rescue the true meaning of the cross from its misrepresentations and misuses throughout history. The result is a compelling tapestry that illuminates the transformative power of one of the most complex and controversial symbols in today’s global community.
Download or read book In Search of the Cross written by Robert J. Wieland and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Do you know the meaning of the cross written by Keith Ogden and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-07-30 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is all about what the cross really means. It is okay to wear a cross made of silver or wood as a statement, or jewellery. It is to bring Christians and anyone else to fully understand why Jesus died on the cross and it`s full implications that lead to a loving and living relationship with the Lord Jesus as ones personal Saviour. More details can be found on Timely Bridges Books UK Facebook page.
Download or read book Jesus and the Cross written by Peter Laughlin and published by James Clarke & Company. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the Nicene Creed, Christ died for us and for our salvation. But while all Christians agree that Christ's death and resurrection has saving significance, there is little unanimity in how and why that is the case. In fact, Christian history islittered with accounts of the redemptive value of Christ's death, and new models and motifs are constantly being proposed, many of which now stand in stark contrast to earlier thought. How then should contemporary articulations of the importance of the death of Christ be judged? At the heart of this book is the contention that Christian reflection on the atonement is faithful inasmuch as it incorporates the intention that Jesus himself had for his death. In a wide-reaching study, the author draws from both classical scholarship and recent work on the historical Jesus to argue that not only did Jesus imbue his death with redemptive meaning but that such meaning should impact expressions of the saving significance of the cross.
Download or read book The Seven Sayings of Jesus on the Cross written by Murray J. Harris and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-02-18 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who of us can possibly imagine the excruciating pain of being crucified? But further, who would imagine that in the midst of this ghastly punishment that brings on unrelenting headaches and mental disorientation, a crucified man would actually give thought to the needs of others? This book explores in detail the nature of crucifixion and then invites the reader to listen in stunned silence to the amazing seven sayings of Jesus of Nazareth while hanging on the cross, as he focuses his attention on others in the first three sayings, and only then on his own distressing situation. His last four sayings give expression to his utter spiritual and physical anguish and conclude with a cry of victory and then a cry in which he commits himself to God.
