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Christ Our Mediator | C. J. Mahaney

by Matt McCarnan on July 20th, 2007

Christ Our MediatorC. J. Mahaney. Christ Our Mediator: Finding Passion at the Cross. Multnomah, 2004. 96 pp.

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C. J.’s goal in this little book is to help his readers toward a deeper knowledge of the work of Christ. He makes it clear that he aims to follow Spurgeon’s famous line, “Abide hard by the cross, and search the mystery of His wounds.” The quote could be the theme of the book.

The gospel is the matter of first importance in Christianity. All of Scripture points to it, and all of history pivots around it. As Christians, though, it is easy to imagine that we need to move on to more challenging aspects of Christianity, even to think that, once we’re saved, we somehow mature beyond need for the gospel.

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