The Cross

Carl Coloney

11:15 am

Resource Room

The cross is the symbol that the early Christians decided would show the world the central teaching of the Christian Faith.  There is no Christianity or Christian living without the cross.  Join us for a practical look at what the cross means for our daily life.  After three introductory studies, we come to the heart of the  cross, looking at forgiveness of sin and emphasizing a truly biblical understanding of the notions of satisfaction and substitution.  Then we move on to the three great achievements of the cross:  saving sinners, revealing God and conquering evil.  The final four studies grapple with areas often omitted from books on the cross: what it means for the Christian community to live under the cross.  The cross transforms everything.  It gives us a new worshipping relationship to God, a new incentive to give ourselves in mission, a new love for our enemies and new courage to face the perplexities of suffering.