Study Conference 2011 The Mystery of the Cross RECOMMENDED READING LIST

March 2011 Beilby, James, and Paul R. Eddy, eds. The Nature of the Atonement: Four Views. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2006. Bloesch, Donald G. Jesus Christ: Savior and Lord. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 1997. See especially chapter 6, Christs Atoning Sacrifice. Boersma, Hans. Violence, Hospitality, and the Cross: Reappropriating the Atonement Tradition. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2004. Demarest, Bruce. The Cross and Salvation. Wheaton IL: Crossway Books, 2006. Driver, John. Understanding the Atonement for the Mission of the Church. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1986. Green, Joel B., and Mark D. Baker. Recovering the Scandal of the Cross: Atonement in New Testament & Contemporary Contexts. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2000. Hill, Charles E., and Frank A. James III, eds. The Glory of the Atonement: Biblical, Historical, and Practical Perspectives. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2004. Hirsch, Alan and Michael Frost. ReJesus: A Wild Messiah for a Missional Church. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2009. Keller, Timothy J. The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism. New York: Dutton, 2008. Letham, Robert. The Work of Christ. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 1993. McGrath, Alister. What Was God Doing on the Cross? Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1992. McKnight, Scot. A Community Called Atonement. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2007. Murray, Stuart. The Naked Anabaptist: The Bare Essentials of a Radical Faith. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 2010. Sherman, Robert J. King, Priest, and Prophet: A Trinitarian Theology of Atonement. New York: T. & T. Clark: 2004. Wright, N. T. Evil and the Justice of God. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Books, 2006. Wright, N. T. Justification: God's Plan & Paul's Vision. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2009. Yancey, Philip. The Jesus I Never Knew. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan , 1995. Yoder Neufeld, Thomas R. Recovering Jesus: The Witness of the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI : Brazos Press, 2007.

Articles: Mark Baker, How the Cross Saves, in Direction Vol. 36 No.1 (Spring 2007): 43-57, available at http://www.directionjournal.org/article/?1464. Hans Boersma, The Disappearance of Punishment, in Books & Culture (March/April 2003), available at http://www.ctlibrary.com/bc/2003/marapr/16.32.html. Mark Dever, Nothing But the Blood, in Christianity Today Vol. 50, No. 5 (May 2006): 28-33, available at http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/may/9.29.html. Frances F. Hiebert, The Atonement in Anabaptist Theology, in Direction Vol. 30 No. 2 (Fall 2001): 122-38, available at http://www.directionjournal.org/article/?1170. Al Hsu, A Multifaceted Gospel, in Christianity Today Vol. 52, No. 4 (April 2008): 66, available at http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2008/april/17.66.html. Frederica Matthewes-Green, The Meaning of Christs Suffering, in Books & Culture (March/April 2004): 14 available at http://www.ctlibrary.com/bc/2004/marapr/1.28.html. Richard J. Mouw, Violence and the Atonement, in Books & Culture (January/February 2001), available at http://www.ctlibrary.com/bc/2001/janfeb/3.12.html. (Subscription required) David Neff, Your Atonement Is Too Small, in Christianity Today Vol. 52, No. 5 (May 2008). Available online at http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2008/may/27.69.html