The Reading Room

Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross
By Nancy Guthrie
Crossway
Retail price $12.99
Amazon Price: $10.39


Book Description:

This collection of readings, drawn from the writings and sermons of 25 classic and contemporary theologians and Bible teachers, focuses on the wonder of Christ's sacrifice.

In a culture where crosses have become little more than decorative accessories and jewelry, how easy it is for even the most well-intended Christian to rush from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday without thoughtfully contemplating the cross and all that it means. Yet we miss out on spiritual riches when we do.

So that we all may linger at the cross during the Lenten season—and stay near it the whole year through—editor Nancy Guthrie has compiled this special anthology. It draws from the works and sermons of classic theologians such as Luther, Edwards, Spurgeon, Ryle, and Augustine, and from leading contemporary communicators such as John Piper, R. C. Sproul, Francis Schaeffer, John MacArthur, Skip Ryan, and Joni Eareckson Tada to help readers enter into an experience of Christ’s passion and anchor their hope in the power of his resurrection.

Each essay in this collection holds to a high view of Scripture and expounds on a particular aspect of the Easter story using the appropriate Scripture passage from the ESV Bible. These readings are sure to prepare people’s hearts for a fresh experience of the cross each and every Easter season.

About the Author

NANCY GUTHRIE has a passion for sharing God’s Word through her growing national and international Bible-teaching ministry. She has worked in the Christian publishing industry for more than two decades and is the author of Holding On to Hope, The One-Year Book of Hope, Hoping for Something Better, and Crossway’s Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus.

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The Reading Room Review

I read Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus for Christmas and just loved it, so I decided to get a copy of Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross for my readings for lent. I wasn't disappointed. This book is a collection of essays from such heroes of the faith as Charles H. Spurgeon, Augustine, John Calvin as well of some of today's contemporary Christian leaders like John Piper, Joni Eareckson Tada, and Timothy Keller. These Easter readings helped me to really think on the cross and resurrection and gave me a new appreciation of the sacrifice and gift Jesus gave to us at Easter.

I am going to read it aloud throughout the Lenten season as my family devotions. I highly recommend it.

~Reviewed by Tricia C.