New book from Crossway:
Scandalous: The Cross and Resurrection of Jesus (RE: Lit)
Christians all around the world are preparing to celebrate one of the year’s biggest holidays—and as author D. A. Carson writes, one of history’s biggest scandals. Nearly two thousand years ago, a Galilean hung on a cross, died, and rose from the dead three days later. In the midst of an event that may seem familiar, Carson introduces the ironies and scandal involved, and its implications for those who follow Jesus.
The man that was mocked as king, is King. In abject powerlessness, Jesus hung on a cross to establish himself as the temple and be raised fullness of power. In dying, he conquered death. He saved by not saving himself. But the real scandal is that by slaughtering the God-man for the most corrupt of motives—they served God’s providential purpose to accomplish redemption.
Scandalous is the latest addition to the Re:Lit series. Through the exposition of five passages of Scripture, Carson helps readers to more fully understand and appreciate the scandal of the cross. “Everything that we know and appreciate and praise God for springs from this bloody cross,” Carson explains. “Gifts of the Spirit, fellowship with the saints, comfort in life and death, the hope of heaven, and anticipated resurrection. Even in our new identity—we are no longer failures or disappointments, but deeply loved, blood bought, human beings, redeemed by Christ, and declared just by God.”
