Contents: Approaching the cross. The centrality of the cross ; Why did Christ die? ; Looking below the surface -- The heart of the cross. The problem of forgiveness ; Satisfaction for sin ; The self-substitution of God -- The achievement of the cross. The salvation of sinners ; The revelation of God ; The conquest of evil -- Living under the cross. The community of celebration ; Self-understand…
Foreword / Susan Howatch -- Foreword / George Carey -- Introduction: Coping with Being Overwhelmed: How Are Our Lives Shaped? -- 1. Faces and Voices: Shaping a Heart -- 2. Vocations and Compulsions: Life-Shaping Desires -- 3. Power, Virtue, and Wisdom: The Shaping of Character -- 4. Secrets and Disciplines: Soul-Shaping -- 5. Leisure and Work: Shaping Time and Energy -- 6. Knocked Out of Shape:…
Content [Book I.] Right and wrong as a clue to the meaning of the universe -- The law of human nature -- Some objections -- The reality of the law -- What lies behind the law -- We have cause to be uneasy -- [Book II.] What Christians believe -- The rival conceptions of God -- The invasion -- The shocking alternative -- The perfect penitent -- The practical conclusion -- [Book III.]Christian b…
Content Christianity: boring, untrue, and irrelevant? -- Who is Jesus? -- Why did Jesus die? -- How can I be sure of my faith? -- Why and how should I read the Bible? -- Why and how do I pray? -- How does God guide us? -- Who is the Holy Spirit? -- What does the Holy Spirit do? -- How can I be filled with the Spirit? -- How can I resist evil? -- Why and how should we tell others? -- Does God h…