Life for the Dead and Mercy for the Undeserving
Jonathan A. Linebaugh, The Word of the Cross: Reading Paul (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2022). “The word of the cross” animates the Epistles of Paul (1 Cor. 1:18 RSV). The world is scandalized by this word, dismissing it as folly and weakness. Yet, paradoxically, it is in this word God’s saving power and wisdom are […]
