Once Upon a Tree
1st Edition
Published on 15. June 2010
224 pages
978-1-4516-0547-1 (ISBN)
Description
If you think you have already seen the cross, heard its story, and know its meaning, this book will change your mind. It will do more than that; it will transform your life.
Once upon a tree...there was a Savior. Have you seen the Cross?...Have you felt its splintered beams? Have you heard its call? Have you grasped its peculiar teachings of death and life and love and hope? Have you heard the man nailed against its rough grain call your name? Once in a great while, a writer paints a picture with words that leave you breathless. On rare occasions, an author captures the sights, the sounds, and the scandal of a premier historical event and impresses them upon your heart. Master teacher Calvin Miller has done all this and more in this signature book on the mysteries and meanings of the Cross of Christ.
Once upon a tree...there was a Savior. Have you seen the Cross?...Have you felt its splintered beams? Have you heard its call? Have you grasped its peculiar teachings of death and life and love and hope? Have you heard the man nailed against its rough grain call your name? Once in a great while, a writer paints a picture with words that leave you breathless. On rare occasions, an author captures the sights, the sounds, and the scandal of a premier historical event and impresses them upon your heart. Master teacher Calvin Miller has done all this and more in this signature book on the mysteries and meanings of the Cross of Christ.
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Dr. Calvin Miller, professor of preaching and pastoral studies at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, received his D. M. from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and has served on the editorial boards of such publications as Leadership Magazine and Preaching Magazine. An accomplished author of more than forty books -- including the popular Singer trilogy, The Unchained Soul, and The Book of Jesus -- Calvin Miller brings awe-inspiring artistry to the craft of writing.
Content
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- One: The Nail That Holds All The Cross and the Issue of Meaning
- Two: The Wood of the New Agreement The Cross and the Issue of Salvation
- Three: The Timbers of Grief The Cross Answers Our Grieving
- Four: The Community of the Cross God's Kingdom and Community
- Five: The Tree of Treachery When We Are Traitors-When We Are Betrayed
- Six: The Culprits of the Cross Answering Our Own Accountability
- Seven: The Death of Death Afraid of neither Death nor Dying
- Eight: The Dying Life The Art of Sacrificing Ourselves
- Nine: The Piercing of Pain The Triumph of the Cross in Our Suffering
- Ten: The Triumph of Transcendence Living Here, Living Somewhere Else, but Ever Living
- Notes
