The Cross Is Not Enough

by Clifford, Ross; Johnson, Philip

• ISBN13: 9780801014611
• ISBN10: 0801014611
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-01-01
• Publisher: Baker Pub Group

Summary

As crucial as it is, the cross of Christ is not the center of Christianity. What effect does forgetting the importance of the resurrection have on our worldview, our discipleship, our ethics, our evangelims, and our Christian practice?

Author Biography

Ross Clifford is the principal of Morling Theological College in Sydney, Australia. A former lawyer and pastor, he is cofounder with. Philip Johnson of the Community of Hope. Philip Johnson is a visiting lecturer in apologetics and alternative religious movements at Morling Theological College in Sydney, Australia.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	p. 11
List of Figures	p. 13
Prologue: Attention All Readers!	p. 15
The Resurrection Grid
The Resurrection Is the Lynchpin	p. 19
The Resurrection Effect: Yours, Mine, and Ours	p. 41
Cynics st-Christendom Seekers, and Resurrection	p. 65
Thumbprints of the Resurrection in Culture
TheResurrection in Popular and High Culture	p. 91
Cultural Expressions of Death-Refusing Hope	p. 111
Signs of the Resurrection in General Revelation	p. 127
Other Religions, the Undead, and Resurrection	p. 141
Understandings of Selfhood and the Resurrection	p. 161
Myth, Resurrection, and the Human Psyche	p. 181
Church History and Resurrection Thinking	p. 201
Back to the Bible
The New Testament	p. 225
The Hebrew Scriptures	p. 253
Resurrection Horizons
Resurrection Theses for the Third Millennium	p. 275
Notes	p. 279
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