{"id":385,"date":"2013-06-11T14:50:33","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T13:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.com\/?p=385"},"modified":"2017-02-19T19:48:02","modified_gmt":"2017-02-19T19:48:02","slug":"book-review-jesus-saves-but-how","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/book-review-jesus-saves-but-how\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Jesus Saves, But How?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I came across this little ebook after hearing various things about the author’s view on the Atonement. I came in expecting to be frustrated, and whilst I was, I was grateful for the way in which the author does demonstrate his learning and the various ways in which we can see the Cross. Steve is someone who has become a good friend in the time since I read the book, and I’ve published my own little ebook (on the Lord’s Supper) in the same\u00a0Kingdom Praxis Solo<\/em> series.<\/p>\n

Jesus Saves, But How? Telling the Story of Atonement in Today’s World<\/em> is a brilliantly anarchic, provocative and thought-demanding book on the Cross of Christ from someone who is involved\u00a0both\u00a0<\/em>in pastoral ministry\u00a0and<\/em> academic theological research. Steve is someone who lets both elements of his ministry play into each other – and it is from this interplay that the book springs.\u00a0Throughout, the author references another book ‘The Wondrous Cross’, by Steve Holmes, which is a much more robust and (from my perspective, at least!) fully-formed look at this central doctrine of Christianity.\u00a0That said, this ebook is NOT a waste of time, and has been a helpful conversation-partner\/question-asker for me as I work through the Atonement in my own thinking.<\/p>\n

This is probably the shortest review of any book that I’ve published on my blog. This isn’t to dismiss this little book – rather, it is an encouragement to read it if you are engaged in these sort of conversations. I’d encourage you to also read Steve Holmes’ book, and John Stott’s magisterial\u00a0The Cross of Christ.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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