By reading this book, you will see the death of
Jesus in a whole new light, and will also have your eyes opened about the plight of humanity and what Jesus came to rescue and deliver us from.
Not exact matches
Reading the Old Testament depictions of God
in the
light of
Jesus allows us to read about Israel and God's commands to them
in a
whole new light.
Though I admit that this is the way the Old Testament text reads on the surface, I think that when we read these texts
in light of
Jesus (and especially
Jesus on the cross) and
whole new picture emerges of what God is really like.
The theology of the cross which S. Mark Heim unfolds for us
in this book helps us see God,
Jesus, ourselves, history, culture, government, and all of Scripture
in a
whole new light.