We know the bedrock themes upon which the Christian faith stands: creation, fall, redemption, restoration. As Christians, we live within these great moments of God’s plan for humanity and all of his creation. In other words, our lives are part of Christian theology—every part of our lives, even surgery.
As a part of Zondervan’s Ordinary Theology series, The Scalpel and the Cross recounts New Testament professor Gene Green’s encounter with open-heart surgery and carefully examines the many ways in which Christian doctrine spoke into the experience. The result is a short book that avoids shallow explanations and glib promises, instead guiding readers to deeper understanding and enduring hope in the face of one of modern life’s necessary traumas.
- ISBN10 0310516056
- ISBN13 9780310516057
- Publish Date 4 June 2015 (first published 5 May 2015)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 15 November 2016
- Publish Country US
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Imprint Zondervan
- Format Paperback
- Pages 96
- Language English