"Reflections On the Saving Of the World"

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Cross; The Crux of the Matter	9
Preaching the Cross
The Cross and Our Changed Lives
Glory In a Public Lynching
The Enduring Power of the Cross
The Challenge and Recklessness of the Cross
Preaching, Boredom and the Cross
The Cross and Our Awful Need
The Drama of the Cross
The Need for Serious Reflection On the Cross
The Cross and the Individual
The Claims and Drift of This Little Book
The Road Leading to Bethlehem and Golgotha	27
God Moved Against Sin
Why Did God Move Against Our Sin?
Our Need and God's Agenda
God's Agenda Determines the Means by Which He Fulfills It
God's Atoning Work in Christ Embraces Our Whole Existence
Enter the Dragon Slayer	37
Beauty and the Beast
The Stranger That Came to Town
Jesus Is God Being Man
Jesus Is God Being a Son of Adam
Why Bother With All Of This?
Jesus Is the One True God Unveiled
The Battle Begins With the Birth of the Dragon Slayer
Averting the Wrath of God	53
Averting the Reality in God's Anger
The Personal Element in God's Anger
God's Anger, the Present and the Future
Why Would God Avert His Anger?
The Wrath of God is God's Saving Grace
The Contingent Nature of God's Anger
The Rise and Fall of Pandemonium	59
A Throbbing City Destroyed
How the World and the Powers Were Overcome
The Triumph of the Cross A Cosmic Victory
The Scandal of the Cross
The Continuing Scandal of the Cross
Greater Is He That Is In You Than He That Is In the World
Unmasking A Predatory Alien	81
The Enlightened West and the Dismissal of "Sin"
Sin Dismissed In Pursuit of Pleasure
Various Responses to Sin Among Believers
The Holy Blabber and the One Sentence Cover-All
The Prisoners of Conscience
The Unforgivable Nature of Sin
The Devil Made Me Do It
Sin As A Pervasive Power
Sin is A Human Affair
Our Sinful Inter-Relatedness
Sin Is Personal Pollution As Well As Relational Infidelity
Sin and Its Cosmic Effects
The True Measure of Sin
The Relational Nature of Sin
Not Ashamed to be Called Their Brother	105
The Heart of the Matter
The Meaning of 'He Atoned For Sins'
In What Way Did Jesus 'Bear Our Sins'?
Ezra and Christ Refusing To Distance Themselves From Sinners
The Blood-Stained Marcher From Edom	123
Saving Justice from Bozrah
The Meaning of Righteousness and Justice
Some Old Testament Texts
Covenant Righteousness But...
The Glory of God's Righteousness In Christ
The Public Display and Proof of God's Righteousness
God's Righteousness and Passing Over Sins
The Universal Scope of God's Righteousness
The Power of God's Righteousness
So This Is Love?	141
The Reality' and Warmth of God's Love Toward Us
The Loving Warmth of God's Holiness
Holiness: Its Indispensability and Nature
God Explaining What Love Really Is
Learning To Rely On and Trust In God's Love
An Eternal Crisis in the Life of God	155
The Cross and God's Eternal Commitment
Old Testament Sacrifices and Offerings
Sacrifice Was God's Idea and Not Man's
God Initiated the Sacrificial System as An Expression    of His Holy Love and Grace
Sacrifice Was Initiated By God to Work Atonement
Sacrifice Called For the Worshiper's Heart
An Atoning Sacrifice Wasn't "Punished"
Some Truths Underlined in Atoning Sacrifices
The New Testament and Christ's Sacrifice
A Careless Rage For Life	171
Doers and Dreamers
The Life That Now Is
The Life That Could Be Now
The Life That Is to Be
God's Creation Purposes
Some Suggestions for Reading	199
Questions for Personal and Group Reflection	201