The Empty Cross of Jesus: Seeing the Cross in the Light of the Resurrection (The Eerdmans Michael Green Collection (Emgc)) - Softcover

Green, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802882579 ISBN 13: 9780802882578

Publisher: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co, 2023

Synopsis

"The cross is too important a matter to be left to the theologians. If it is true that God almighty was in Christ redeeming the world on Calvary, then we need to understand what that cross can mean for ordinary individuals and communities."

With this conviction, Green reexamines the question of atonement. Why did Jesus have to die? How could a loving God allow his son to suffer? And what role does the resurrection play in this divine drama? Rooting his discussion in Scripture, Green opens up the meaning of Easter in an easy, nontechnical style. The empty cross of Jesus liberates the theologian, inspires the preacher, comforts the counselor, and fortifies every disciple for a life of self-sacrifice.

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About the Author

Michael Green (1930-2019) was one of the best-known British evangelical theologians and preachers of his generation. A scholar with degrees from the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Toronto, Green had a passion for evangelism and a rare talent for communicating complex ideas in easy-to-understand language. In 1996, Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey granted Green a Lambeth degree of Doctor of Divinity. ?He led university missions on six continents, pastored St. Aldate's Church Oxford, and introduced innovative approaches in seminary education. He authored more than seventy books across a range of fields, including evangelism, apologetics, biblical commentary, and academic theology.

Edition details

• Publisher: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802882579
• ISBN 13: 9780802882578
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 249