This is one of the hardest book that I ever read. I did felt like that I need to have a P.H.D degree to read this. I have learned a lot out of it. It is a great book for "book club" group to talk about what you have learned each chapter for each weeks. See my blog about this.

A masterpiece - possibly the definitive work on substitutionary atonement, which makes it all the more important for the present decade, when there are many who claim to be evangelicals but deny this historic doctrine.

Stott looks at the Cross from all angles, including its symbolic significance to the church, the reasons which necessitated it, and the consequences of it (theologically, personally, socially, etc.). One of the brilliant points that this book establishes is that though there are many pictures for the atonement (courtroom, marketplace, conquest, etc.), the concept of substitution is behind them all.

D.A. Carson's endorsement was accurate: this is one of those rare must-own, must-read books. ( )

This is on my 'to read' list

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This book is hard going on the atheist. Without belief in the first principles of Christianity - that the bible is the work of God, rather than a socially constructed text, then most of the arguments fall flat. ( )

has some good stuff on self understanding and self giving, very useful book ( )