We continue our Lenten series on Fleming Rutledge’s outstanding book, The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ (2015).
Here, we join the concluding chapter. The title is designed to be arresting – we will explore what she means by it as we go.
She begins by reaffirming the uniqueness of the Christian faith – how extraordinarily radical and unlikely is the story it tells.
First;
“The Christian faith glorifies as Son of God a man who was degraded and dehumanized by his fellow human beings as much as it is possible to be, by the decree of church and…
