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Article: Understanding and belief key to Grant's works: author argued that change is a gift from God [George Grant and the Theology of the Cross] [A Theology of Worship]
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- Anglican Journal
- Article date:
- March 1, 2002
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CopyrightCopyright Anglican Church of Canada Mar 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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GORDON BAKER
BOOKS COLUMNIST
George Grant and the Theology of the Cross
by Harris Athanasiadis
University of Toronto Press
282 pages, $60.00
A Theology of Worship
by Louis Weil
Cowley Publications
160 pages, $19.50
FROM THE VERY beginning the Cross of Jesus Christ presented a dilemma. Gentiles considered it a "foolishness" while for Jews it was a "stumbling block." For believers it revealed "the power of God and the wisdom of God." Over the centuries it became a symbol of triumphant hope for believers but also, too often, a symbol of fear and even terror to unbelievers.
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Modern Christians seem mostly to take it for granted. The crosses in our churches, the renditions ...