The Big 5: Books on The Cross

I know people will probably go all over the redemption map on this one, but that's fine. 

What are your Big 5 books on The Cross?

Go!

Comments

[kim davidson]

1. The Cross-Centered Life - Mahaney
2. 50 Reasons - Piper
3. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
4. 1 Cor 15
5. Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ - Piper

[Joel Burdeaux]

The Death of Death - Owen
The Cross of Christ - Stott
The Great Exchange - Bridges/Bevington
Systematic Theology - Grudem
The Gospels

[Chuck Land]

The Cross-Centered Life - CJ Mahaney
50 Reasons - John Piper
The Cross of Christ - Stott
In My Place Condemened He Stood by Packer and Dever

I need to read more on the cross. This is convicting I only have 4!

[Josh Montague]

1. Living the Cross-Centered Life - Mahaney
2. The Gospel for Real Life - Bridges
3. The Cross of Christ - Stott
4. The Death of Death - Owen (and Packer!)
5. The Cross and Christian Ministry - Carson

[cavman]

The Cross in the New Testament by Leon Morris
The Atonement by A.A. Hodge
The Apostolic Preaching of the Cross by Leon Morris
The Death of Death in the Death of Jesus Christ by John Owen
The Cross and Christian Ministry by D.A. Carson

haven't read it but Sproul's book probably warrents attention.

[Dan Bittaker]

1.Death of Death in the death of Christ-Owen
2.Cross of Christ- Stott
3.Six Hours One Friday- Lucado

[Boaly]

The Cross of Christ - Stott
Living the Cross-Centered Life - Mahaney
50 Reasons - Piper
The Murder of Jesus - MacArthur

& I'm gonna go with Kim and say Matthew, Mark, Luke & John

[peavyhouse]

Living the Cross-Centered Life - Mahaney
The Cross of Christ - Stott
In My Place Condemned He Stood by Packer and Dever
The Passion of Jesus Christ-Piper
The most underrated, unknown book in Christendom: A Gospel Primer for Christians-Milton Vincent

[Brian Hedges]

The Cross of Christ, John Stott
Redemption: Accomplished and Applied, John Murray
The Murder of Jesus, John MacArthur
Living the Cross-centered Life, C. J. Mahaney
Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ, John Piper

And I still need to read Pierced for Our Transgressions and In My Place Condemned He Stood, which both promise to be excellent.

[Matthew Johnson]

Y'all need a non-Calvinist up in here :-P

Jesus and the Victory of God - N.T. Wright
God Crucified - Richard Bauckham (the way he shows how the servant in Isaiah 40ff is linguistically tied to the LORD in Isa. 6 is worth the price of this little book)
The Word of Life - Thomas Oden
The Death of the Messiah - Raymond Brown (2vols.)

I'll leave it there since Brown is 2 vols and I can't think of anything else.

[ct]

What if we haven't read 5 books ever?

I'm a little intimidated by Kim and Josh's lists. :)

[ct]

Make that Joel and cavman's lists. oops

[Steve McCoy]

My list...

The Cross of Christ by Stott
Death of Death by Owen (& Packer's intro)
The Gospel for Real Life by Bridges
Living the Cross-Centered Life by Mahaney
The Cross and Christian Ministry by Carson

[BK]

Cross-Examined by Mark Meynell hasn't been mentioned, but it deserves to be.

[Mike P.]

1. Majesty in Misery, vol. 3 by CH Spurgeon (especially "It is finished")
2. Cross of Christ by John Stott (ch. 7 is amazing)
3. The Atonement by Leon Morris
4. The Truth of the Cross by RC Sproul
5. Living the Cross-Centered Life by CJ Mahaney

[Dana]

Ditto to most all, but want to really second John Murray's Redemption: Accomplished and Applied. To my mind, a classic.

[Casey Bedell]

Wow, I can't believe The Cross He Bore by Frederick S. Leahy has not been mentioned. Get it now. Its like $4 at Westminster bookstore.

[Todd Pruitt]

The Cross of Christ by Stott

The Cross in the New Testament by Morris

Cross Words by Paul Wells

The Death of Christ by Denney

The Cross He Bore by Leahy

* I am making a distinction between books on the cross and those on the broader subject of the atonement.