The Cross of Christ by Stott, John -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover The Cross of Christ Scripture Copyright Contents Foreword Preface to the 1986 edition Abbreviations Part One Approaching the Cross 1 The Centrality of the Cross

The sign and symbol of the cross The perspective of Jesus The apostles’ emphasis Persistence despite opposition

2 Why Did Christ Die?

The Roman soldiers and Pilate The Jewish people and their priests Judas Iscariot the traitor Their sins and ours

3 Looking Below the Surface

An initial construction The Last Supper in the upper room The agony in the Garden of Gethsemane The cry of dereliction on the cross

Part Two The Heart of the Cross 4 The Problem of Forgiveness

The gravity of sin Human moral responsibility True and false guilt God’s holiness and wrath

5 Satisfaction for Sin

Satisfying the devil Satisfying the law Satisfying God’s honour and justice God satisfying himself The holy love of God

6 The Self-substitution of God

Sacrifice in the Old Testament The Passover and ‘sin-bearing’ Who is the substitute? God in Christ

Part Three The achievement of the Cross 7 The Salvation of Sinners

Propitiation Redemption Justification Reconciliation

8 The Revelation of God

The glory of God The justice of God The love of God The ‘moral influence’ theory The wisdom and power of God

9 The Conquest of Evil

Gustav Aulén and Christus Victor The victory of Christ Entering into Christ’s victory The book of Revelation

Part Four Living Under the Cross 10 The Community of Celebration

A new relationship to God Christ’s sacrifice and ours The Catholic Counter-Reformation The cross and the Eucharist

11 Self-understanding and Self-giving

Self-denial Self-affirmation Self-sacrificial love Spheres of service

12 Loving Our Enemies

Conciliation and discipline Christian attitudes to evil The authority of the state Overcoming evil with good

13 Suffering and Glory

Patient endurance Mature holiness Suffering service The hope of glory Faith and the book of Job The pain of God

Conclusion The Pervasive Influence of the Cross

Seven affirmations in the letter to the Galatians

1. The cross and salvation (1:3-5) 2. The cross and experience (2:19-21) 3. The cross and preaching (3:1-3) 4. The cross and substitution (3:10-14) 5. The cross and persecution (5:11; 6:12) 6. The cross and holiness (5:24) 7. The cross and boasting (6:14)

Bibliography The Cross of Christ Study guide

Part One

Approaching the cross

Session One Session Two Session Three

Part Two

The heart of the cross

Session Four Session Five Session Six

Part Three

The achievement of the cross

Session Seven Session Eight Session Nine

Part Four

Living under the cross

Session Ten Session Eleven Session Twelve Session Thirteen

Conclusion

Session Fourteen

Index of Biblical references Author index Subject index Notes

Foreword Preface Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Conclusion

Endorsements for John Stott’s The Cross of Christ

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