ISBN - 0 85234 397 3

The Cross is the focal point of human history. When it was raised against the sky, it split history in half. Martyn Lloyd-Jones says of the cross of Christ, 'It was a most momentous hour since the beginning of the world, it is indeed the turning-point which determines everything - it is the greatest event, the most ...climactic event that has ever taken place in this world... That is the hour to which the whole of prophecy is looking forward, and to which the whole of the church, and her doctrine and history look back.'
     In this book Roger Ellsworth traces Jesus' steps to and from the cross, beginning with the plan of God in eternity, through the prophecies and promises of the Old Testament to the coming to earth of the Son of God, and on to the future glory when the whole of creation will join in acknowledging that Jesus is Lord of all and the theme of worship for all eternity will be the salvation which he accomplished on the cross.
     This book will help to restore something of the sense of awe and wonder which is so often largely missing from churches today and will cause us to take a new look at our priorities both as individuals and as churches. A deeper understanding of the work of Christ on the cross will also go a long way towards combating the lack of assurance felt by many Christians and will stimulate a response of greater faith in, and love to Christ.
     Roger Ellsworth has done a great service for the church of Jesus Christ by pointing us again to the centrality of the cross. In a day when many preachers are wont to build theological castles in the air on the flimsiest of doctrinal foundations, it is heartening indeed to read a book so deeply rooted in the great truths of historic Christian orthodoxy.'
         Timothy George, Dean, Beeson Divinity School                                       Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A.