The day the revolution began: reconsidering the meaning of Jesus's crucifixion

Part 1. Introduction. A vitally important scandal : why the cross?

Wrestling with the cross, then and now

The cross in its first-century setting

Part 2. "In accordance with the Bible": the stories of Israel. The covenant of vocation

"In all the scriptures"

The divine presence and the forgiveness of sins

Suffering, redemption, and love

Part 3. The revolutionary rescue. New goal, new humanity

Jesus's special Passover

The story of the rescue

Paul and the cross: apart from Romans

The death of Jesus in Paul's letter to the Romans: a new exodus

The death of Jesus in Paul's letter to the Romans: Passover and atonement

Part 4. The revolution continues. Passover people

The powers and the power of love.