The Cross in Four Words

Whether you find the cross of Christ a bit of puzzle or you want your heart to be filled with wonder all over again, The Cross in Four Words is a great book to go to. It’s short and simple, but it takes us deep into the heart of the mystery of God’s reconciling love. | This is a really helpful book that I will be sharing widely. I read it in a single sitting and took a lot of notes. | The idea that God’s wrath against our sin has to be poured out on his own Son is despised and ridiculed today. Yet it is the non-negotiable heart of the Christian gospel. In this book this great central truth is both defended and gloried in. It will sharpen your thinking and warm your heart. Highly recommended. | If we forget the cross—or fail to understand our desperate need of its reconciling work—we will lose our joy. The Cross in Four Words redirects our gaze to “Christ crucified,” reminding us of the love that bore our sin so that we might experience true freedom, forgiveness, justice, and purpose. This helpful book will refresh your heart and renew your mind in the wonder of such a great salvation. | People need to realize true freedom, true justice, true forgiveness, and a true purpose in life that is grounded in what God has accomplished for us. This book will give you a better grasp on these things and draw you closer to the cross, clinging more to Jesus our one and true Savior. | The Cross in Four Words is the smallest book I’ve found which lays out how God doesn’t change; across the Bible, God simply takes his plans for his people and scales them upward. Oh, and those four words? Freedom, forgiveness, justice and purpose. | Can you tell the Gospel story in a clear and simple way? In The Cross in Four Words, Kevin DeYoung, Richard Coekin, and Yannick Christos-Wahab help you see God’s plan of salvation and enjoy the true freedom, forgiveness, justice, and purpose which we find only at the cross. | I enjoyed this short book. I don’t usually enjoy multi-author books because they often fail to tie the chapters together to the main theme of the book. But this book is a nice exception. Each author picks up a Biblical passage, connects it to the cross of Jesus and explains its application to the modern reader. | The premise of The Cross in Four Words is to show what the cross means in four words which is justice, forgiveness, freedom and purpose. Reading this shows how dynamic the power of the cross is to the Christian. | With this recent publication, The Good Book Company proves once again how committed they are to putting solid resources into the hands of God’s people. | The Cross in Four Words is a simple, compact volume of just 91 pages meant to introduce readers to the core of the Gospel message. Kevin DeYoung, Richard Coekin, and Yannick Christie-Wahab come together for four essays that take readers to the heart of the cross. | Richard Coekin is the Director of Reach Ministries UK. Before that, Richard served as Senior Pastor of Dundonald Church, SW London, and Founder and CEO of the Co-Mission church-planting network. A renowned Bible teacher and the author of several books including Our Father and Ephesians For You, Richard is married to Sian, and they have five children.