Once Upon a Tree
Once upon a tree...there was a Savior.

Have you seen the Cross?...Have you felt its splintered beams? Have you heard its call? Have you grasped its peculiar teachings of death and life and love and hope? Have you heard the man nailed against its rough grain call your name?

Once in a great while, a writer paints a picture with words that leave you breathless. On rare occasions, an author captures the sights, the sounds, the scandal of a premier historical event and impresses them upon your heart. Master teacher Calvin Miller has done all this and more in this signature book on the mysteries and meanings of the Crossof Christ.

If you think you have already seen the cross, heard its story, and know its meaning, this book will change your mind. It will do more than that; it will transform your life.
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Once Upon a Tree
Once upon a tree...there was a Savior.

Have you seen the Cross?...Have you felt its splintered beams? Have you heard its call? Have you grasped its peculiar teachings of death and life and love and hope? Have you heard the man nailed against its rough grain call your name?

Once in a great while, a writer paints a picture with words that leave you breathless. On rare occasions, an author captures the sights, the sounds, the scandal of a premier historical event and impresses them upon your heart. Master teacher Calvin Miller has done all this and more in this signature book on the mysteries and meanings of the Crossof Christ.

If you think you have already seen the cross, heard its story, and know its meaning, this book will change your mind. It will do more than that; it will transform your life.
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Once Upon a Tree

Once Upon a Tree

by Calvin Miller
Once Upon a Tree

Once Upon a Tree

by Calvin Miller

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Overview

Once upon a tree...there was a Savior.

Have you seen the Cross?...Have you felt its splintered beams? Have you heard its call? Have you grasped its peculiar teachings of death and life and love and hope? Have you heard the man nailed against its rough grain call your name?

Once in a great while, a writer paints a picture with words that leave you breathless. On rare occasions, an author captures the sights, the sounds, the scandal of a premier historical event and impresses them upon your heart. Master teacher Calvin Miller has done all this and more in this signature book on the mysteries and meanings of the Crossof Christ.

If you think you have already seen the cross, heard its story, and know its meaning, this book will change your mind. It will do more than that; it will transform your life.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781582294582
Publisher: Howard Books
Publication date: 12/01/2004
Edition description: Original
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 5.30(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Dr. Calvin Miller, professor of preaching and pastoral studies at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, received his D. M. from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and has served on the editorial boards of such publications as Leadership Magazine and Preaching Magazine. An accomplished author of more than forty books — including the popular Singer trilogy, The Unchained Soul, and The Book of Jesus — Calvin Miller brings awe-inspiring artistry to the craft of writing.

Table of Contents

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Chapter One: The Nail That Holds All

The Cross and the Issue of Meaning

Chapter Two: The Wood of the New Agreement

The Cross and the Issue of Salvation

Chapter Three: The Timbers of Grief

The Cross Answers Our Grieving

Chapter Four: The Community of the Cross

God's Kingdom and Community

Chapter Five: The Tree of Treachery

When We Are Traitors — When We Are Betrayed

Chapter Six: The Culprits of the Cross

Answering Our Own Accountability

Chapter Seven: The Death of Death

Afraid of Neither Death nor Dying

Chapter Eight: The Dying Life

The Art of Sacrificing Ourselves

Chapter Nine: The Piercing of Pain

The Triumph of the Cross in Our Suffering

Chapter Ten: The Triumph of Transcendence

Living Here, Living Somewhere Else, But Ever Living

Notes

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