What Did The Cross Accomplish by N.T. Wright
A Conversation with John Piper
A concise theological exploration of the meaning of the crucifixion, this work situates Jesus’s death within the Bible’s covenant story to argue that it accomplished far more than a narrow legal transaction. It presents the cross as the climactic act through which God deals with sin, fulfills Israel’s vocation in the Messiah, defeats the enslaving powers, reveals divine love and justice, and inaugurates new creation, forming a forgiven, Spirit-empowered people. Along the way, it challenges reductionistic accounts of penal substitution by placing sacrificial, representative, and liberating dimensions of atonement in a broader, biblically grounded framework.
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- Published
- 2020
- Nationality
- British
- Length
- Very Short
- Pages
- 120-160
- Original Language
- English
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