We continue our Lenten series on Fleming Rutledge’s outstanding book, The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ (2015).
We are still in the (substantial) Introduction.
Rutledge flags some questions that will keep reappearing in the book. Take Ephesians 5:2
walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
But closer inspection raises some difficult questions and I wonder how you would answer them:
Why did Christ ‘give himself up for us’?
To whom was this voluntary offering made?
What did his sacrifice achieve?
The image…
