Why Did Jesus Die?: What the Bible Says about the Cross

Description: Dick Tripp combs the Scriptures to find and focus every reference to historys most momentous event. Does a more thorough analysis of the biblical data exist anywhere? I doubt it. --Dr. James I. Packer Board of Governors Professor of Theology aat Regent College Vancouver and an executive editor of Christianity Today. It is surprising . . . how few books on the cross have stood the test of time. During the twentieth century James Dennys Death of Christ (1903) Leon Morriss Apostolic Preaching of the Cross (1955) and John Stotts The Cross of Christ (1986) are among the few outstanding works. Now in Dick Tripps Why Did Jesus Die? What the Bible Says About the Cross we have a work of outstanding and lasting worth--an amazingly comprehensive reference to all the biblical texts that point to Christs death its meaning and significance for todays church. In Part 1 he traces the progressive revelation of Gods saving work from Genesis to Revelation. He takes us through the images of the cross in the Old Testament from the tree of life to the Passover to the bronze serpent in the wilderness to the Day of Atonement to Israels Suffering Servant in Isaiah and the Psalms. Continuing in the New Testament Dick Tripp takes us through the centrality of the cross in the Gospels the Acts and the New Testament Letters and Revelation. In Part 2 he relates the cross to the theme of the Trinity the love and justice of God to suffering and resurrection and to other religious faiths. Throughout there is constant cross-reference to both Testaments to the Churchs commentators throughout history and to contemporary Christian writers. A mine of fact and interpretation to inspire the heart of any preacher and teacher of Scripture. --Bruce Nicholls