Proclaiming a Cross-Centered Theology (Contributors: Thabiti M. Anyabwile, John MacArthur, John Piper, R. C. Sproul)

Sound doctrine : essential to faithful pastoral ministry / J. Ligon Duncan III -- Bearing the image / Thabiti Anyabwile -- The sinner neither willing nor able / John MacArthur -- Improving the Gospel : exercises in unbiblical theology or questioning five common deceits / Mark Dever -- Addendum: What is the gospel? / Greg Gilbert -- The curse motif of the atonement / R.C. Sproul -- Why they hate it so : the denial of substitutionary atonement in recent theology / R. Albert Mohler, Jr. -- How does the supremacy of Christ create radical Christian sacrifice? : a meditation on the book of Hebrews / John Piper -- Sustaining the pastor's soul / C.J. Mahaney.

Some of the leading voices in evangelical Christianity reaffirm the importance of preaching biblical theology for the health of our churches.

Loving, teaching, and rightly dividing the Word of God is every pastor's privilege and responsibility. If a pastor understands what the Word says about God, man, and the curse, about Christ and his substitutionary atonement, and about the call to repentance and sacrifice, he will develop and preach a sound theology. And sound theology is, in the words of J. Ligon Duncan, essential to faithful pastoral ministry.

Proclaiming a theology that is centered on Christ's atonement is especially critical, for by this atonement, Christians have been brought from death to life, and by it a church lives or dies. In this penetrating sequel to Preaching the Cross, John Piper, R. C. Sproul, John MacArthur, and Thabiti Anyabwile join authors Mark Dever, Ligon Duncan, C. J. Mahaney, and Albert Mohler in exploring the church's need for faithful proclamation and calling pastors and churches to cross-centered, scripturally saturated thinking.

The great gospel is the subject of this volume (and the Together for the Gospel Conference at which a spoken version of these chapters was first presented). This volume has been prepared with the assumption that there is widespread agreement about the gospel across denominational lines but also with the conviction that the gospel is widely under attack. Some of those assaults are deliberate and intended; others are not. Some are subtle; others are obvious frontal assaults. It is with a love primarily for the gospel that these messages were given. And it is with this same love that they are now brought together and presented to you ... Building the church has always involved the sword along with the trowel. Contention and contradiction is a necessary part of preaching, as all faithful pastors know. While some may love such fights, we intend to love the gospel. It is because of that love--not a mere love of fighting and contending itself--that we are willing to contend for these matters."--from back cover Sound doctrine : essential to faithful pastoral ministry / J. Ligon Duncan III Bearing the image / Thabiti Anyabwile The sinner niether willing nor able / John MacArthur Improving the Gospel : exercies in unbiblical theology or questioning five common deceits / Mark Dever Greg Gilbert appendix The curse motif of the Atonement / R.C Sproul Why they hate it so : the denial of substitutionary atonement in recent theology / R. Albert Mohler, Jr. How does the Supremacy of Christ create radical Christian sacrifice? : a mediation on the book of Hebrews /John Piper Sustaining the pastor's soul / C.J. Mahaney.

The four authors, joined by Piper, Sproul, MacArthur, and Anyabwile, powerfully elaborate on the essence of pastoral ministry and the necessity of proclaiming a fully biblical theology.