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The Cross - God's Purpose and Eternal Order

The Cross - God's Purpose and Eternal Order

Theodore Austin-Sparks (1888–1971) was a British evangelist and author. Born in London, he became a Christian at seventeen while listening to street-preachers in Glasgow, and was ordained a Baptist minister at twenty-four. In 1926 he left the denomination and, with like-minded Christians, founded a conference and training centre at Honor Oak in south-east London. From there he published the free magazine "A Witness and A Testimony" until his death, and his conference ministry took him across Europe, North America and Asia. He asked that his messages be shared freely and word for word. Source: Wikipedia (summarized; CC BY-SA)

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Category
Devotional
Length
6k words · about 1 hour
Chapters
2
Narration
🎧 Lewis · British English

About this book

Opening with Paul’s words in Galatians 6:14 and the vision of Christ in Colossians, Austin-Sparks presents the cross as central to God’s purpose in creation and redemption, and to His eternal order under Christ the Head. He calls believers to yield their independent life to the cross and embody Christ’s unity in the church and in everyday relationships. God is greater than our hearts, and the cross is vastly greater than our greatest need, and not until we have seen that shall we find that this thing, our need, ourselves, just loses a great deal of its importance. It is swallowed up, we are delivered, we have seen and felt the impact of the greatness of the cross.

Contents

  1. The Cross in Relation to God's Original Purpose
  2. The Cross in Relation to God's Eternal Order 🔒

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