Weekend Reads: Contemplating worship, gratitude, and truth
Saturated with Scripture and loaded with theological truth, R.C. Sproul’s The Work of Christ: What the Events of Jesus’ Life Mean for You (David C Cook, 2012) is a popular-level book that will refresh scholarly minds. Rather than summarize, this review will sample.
Sproul takes a wide look, treating the 12 major events of Jesus’ life. He begins in eternity past with the covenant between the persons of the Trinity. The Father planned redemption; the Son purchased it; and the Spirit applied it. Though Sproul’s work is exceedingly non-polemical, its positive statement of the Triune character of salvation is badly needed today. Rather than seeing the cross as a merciful Jesus appeasing an angry Father, the Bible portrays a loving Father sending a loving Son to save His beloved people by dying the death the people deserved....
