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The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ

by Fleming Rutledge

Eerdmans

Paperback 696 pages English February 09, 2017

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Though the apostle Paul boldly proclaimed "Christ crucified" as the heart of the gospel, Fleming Rutledge notes that preaching about the cross of Christ is remarkably neglected in most churches today. In this book Rutledge addresses the issues and controversies that have caused pastors to speak of the cross only in the most general, bland terms, precluding a full understanding and embrace of the gospel by their congregations. Countering our contemporary tendency to bypass Jesus' crucifixion, Rutledge in these pages examines in depth all the various themes and motifs used by the New Testament evangelists and apostolic writers to explain the meaning of the cross of Christ. She mines the classical writings of the Church Fathers, the medieval scholastics, and the Reformers as well as more recent scholarship, while bringing them all into contemporary context. Widely known for her preaching, Rutledge seeks to encourage preachers, teachers, and anyone else interested in what Christians believe to be the central event of world history.
Author:
Fleming Rutledge
Publisher:
Eerdmans
Publication Date:
February 09, 2017
Number of pages:
696 pages
Language:
English
Binding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0802875343
ISBN-13:
9780802875341