The Cross At The Center

The cross is the perfect, all-sufficient sacrifice by which Christ has removed our guilt and provided for our every need. (2-DVD set)

From the barrios of Texas and California to the leadership of the CCDA, Noel Castellanos has never seen the work of the cross separated from the needs of the neighborhood—except in the imaginations of too many Christians. Embrace a life-giving gospel that demonstrates compassion, confronts injustice and restores individuals and communities to wholeness.

Tells of Jesus' suffering and death. Illustrated in, full color.

Two days after the terrible attack against the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, a union construction worker made a remarkable discovery within the ruins of World Trade Center 6. He saw a cross-like beam that stood on top of a heap of debris. He was stunned by its significance as were countless others after him. The purpose of this book is to trace the thirteen-year odyssey of this iconic cross from World Trade Center 6, to its position atop a concrete abutment within the World Trade Center during the recovery and rebuilding period, to the outside wall of St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church across from Ground Zero and finally to the National 9/11 Memorial Museum where it remains today. The odyssey also includes a three-year legal battle whose appellate decision found that the Constitution of the United States does not preclude the presence of the Ground Zero cross within the National 9/11 Memorial Museum. This book is the author’s personal memoir. He is a Franciscan priest who, through many uncertain days, was the unofficial guardian of the Ground Zero cross. The concurrent themes of the book treat spirituality, grief sharing, selfless sacrifice, architecture, church history, biblical theology, and litigation. The book tells the story of many obstacles transcended on the way to the triumph of the Ground Zero cross.

"To stand at the foot of the cross is to witness the purpose for which God created the world." The cross is a wonder unfathomable. Time cannot contain its reach. No heart can endure its weight. And yet it is the center of everything. It cannot be passed over. Pastor and author Erwin W. Lutzer believes that the better we grasp what the cross meant to Christ, the better we grasp what it should mean to us. To do this, Lutzer examines Jesus’ cries from the cross. Search with him and see how God’s love and justice meet. Know the weight of sin and the power of redemption. Look upon Jesus in His weakness, obedience, sorrow, and compassion. Let the scandal of the cross give you pause. The cross deserves our attention. Journey forth into the heart of Jesus, that your own heart may be shaped to His.

The fallen cross stands as a symbol for the spiritual condition of the church of Jesus Christ in the early days of the twenty-first century. In many places and many churches, the cross has fallen to the ground. Instead of boasting in the cross, we have neglected it, substituting in its place religious activity and therapeutic language designed to help us feel better about ourselves...And yet, when the story is truly told, it must be said that Christianity is supremely the religion of the cross. At the center of our faith a dying man hangs suspended between heaven and earth. Pastor Ray Pritchard takes a fresh look at the cross and the God-man on it and asks: who is He? why is He there? what are the words he is speaking? What did the cross mean to God? What did the cross mean to Satan? What does the cross mean to you today? Pastor Ray Pritchard asks these spiritually provocative questions in what will prove to be a spiritual tonic for your soul. Center your world around the anchor of our faith -- the cross. Discover the atonement found where grace and wrath meet. Linger at the foot of the cross.

"Eternity can never fathom the depth of love revealed in the cross of Calvary," writes Haskell. "It was there that the infinite love of Christ and the unbounded selfishness of Satan stood face to face. The entire system of Judaism, with its types and symbols, was a shadow of the cross, extending from Calvary back to the gate of Eden, and contained a compacted prophecy of the gospel." This book contains the following chapters: Section I. The Sanctuary I. Light in the Darkness II. The Tabernacle III. History of the Sanctuary Section II. The Furniture of the Sanctuary IV. The Ark V. The Golden Candlestick VI. The Table of Showbread VII. Altar of Incense and Its Service Section III. The Priesthood VIII. Christ Our High Priest IX. Office and Work of the High Priest X. The Priests XI. The Levites XII. Garments of the Priests Section IV. Springtime Annual Feasts XIII. The Passover XIV. The Feast of Unleavened Bread XV. The Offering of the First-Fruits XVI. Pentecost Section V. Various Offerings XVII. The Sin-Offering XVIII. The Burnt-Offering XIX. The Drink-Offering XX. The Meat-Offering XXI. The Trespass-Offering XXII. The Offering of the Red Heifer XXIII. The Peace-Offering XXIV. The Cleansing of the Leper Section VI. Services of the Sanctuary XXV. The Court and Its Services XXVI. The Work in the First Apartment of the Sanctuary XXVII. A Wonderful Prophecy Section VII. The Autumnal Annual Feasts XXVIII. The Feast of Trumpets XXIX. The Day of Atonement, or the Work in the Second Apartment XXX. Duty of the Congregation on the Day of Atonement XXXI. The Nature of the Judgment XXXII. The Feast of Tabernacles Section VIII. Levitical Laws and Ceremonies XXXIII. The Jubilee XXXIV. The Cities of Refuge XXXV. The Rock XXXVI. Various Levitical Laws and Ceremonies Section IX. The Tribes of Israel XXXVII. Reuben XXXVIII. Simeon XXXIX. Levi XL. Judah XLI. Naphtali XLII. Gad XLIII. Asher XLIV. Issachar XLV. Zebulun XLVI. Joseph XLVII. Benjamin XLVIII. Manasseh XLIX. The One Hundred and Forty-Four Thousand L. The Lost Tribes