Proclaiming a Cross-Centered Theology: Contributors: Thabiti M. Anyabwile, John MacArthur, John Piper, R.C. Sproul: Thabiti M. Anyabwile, John MacArthur, John Piper, R.C. Sproul)

by Mark Dever; Jennings Ligon Duncan III; Dr. Richard Albert Mohler Jr.

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Publisher:

Crossway

, 2009

Overview

Some of the leading voices in evangelical Christianity reaffirm the importance of preaching biblical theology for the health of our churches.

Loving, teaching, and rightly dividing the Word of God is every pastor’s privilege and responsibility. If a pastor understands what the Word says about God, man, and the curse, about Christ and his substitutionary atonement, and about the call to repentance and sacrifice, he will develop and preach a sound theology. And sound theology is, in the words of J. Ligon Duncan, essential to faithful pastoral ministry.

Proclaiming a theology that is centered on Christ’s atonement is especially critical, for by this atonement, Christians have been brought from death to life, and by it a church lives or dies. In this penetrating sequel to Preaching the Cross, John Piper, R. C. Sproul, John MacArthur, and Thabiti Anyabwile join authors Mark Dever, Ligon Duncan, C. J. Mahaney, and Albert Mohler in exploring the church’s need for faithful proclamation and calling pastors and churches to cross-centered, scripturally saturated thinking.

Contents

Top Highlights

“Objective understandings of the atonement center on the fact that God’s disposition towards sinners must change” (Page 150)

“First, I want to argue that the very ideas of doctrine, theology, and systematic theology are under great duress in our time.” (Pages 18–19)

“Yes, some are saying we need to meet postmodernism by embracing postmodern vagueness and uncertainty, but I want to suggest to you that, instead, we need to meet this mood, this trend, by celebrating truth, doctrine, and systematic theology.” (Page 19)

“First, the broad use of the word gospel necessarily includes the narrow. Look at those examples from Matthew and Mark” (Page 126)

“Forgiveness does not come through blood sacrifice, but through compassion and solidarity.” (Pages 149–150)

Product Details

• Title: Proclaiming a Cross-centered Theology
• Authors: Mark Dever, Jennings Ligon Duncan III, Dr. Richard Albert Mohler Jr., C. J. Mahaney, John Piper, R. C. Sproul, Thabiti M. Anyabwile, John F. MacArthur
• Publisher: Crossway
• Print Publication Date: 2009
• Logos Release Date: 2011
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Preaching; Theology of the cross
• ISBNs: 9781433522185, 1433522187
• Resource ID: LLS:1DD72CCCFAEAD1F8C23DEBAF6B447B2A
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-07-15T16:20:09Z