Wednesday, September 10, 2025

The final post from Crucifixion

The greater part of the discussion in these pages has focused upon the communal, corporate, and cosmic significance of the cross of Jesus Christ. However, let no reader think that the apocalyptic and universal dimensions of the message leave no place for the faith and confidence of the individual believer. Several times in this book the reader has encountered an intimately personal testimony by the apostle Paul in his letter to the church in Galatia. For writer and readers alike, these words can be our heart’s comfort and joy, for now and for all the days to come, whatever befalls: “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me” (Gal. 2:20).—Fleming Rutledge, The Crucifixion, 611

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That's the final snippet from this book. Next up is a book I recently picked up at a thrift store: Michael Aeschliman, The Restitution of Man: C. S. Lewis and the Case against Scientism. It's out of print, so the link is to Worldcat, if you want to check it out of a library. That link also has a link to Google Books, in case you want to preview it.
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