Keeping Near the Cross

If you're looking for a good (but brief) book to read in order to meditate on the cross of Christ and prepare you for Holy Week (March 28-April 4), here are a few I would recommend:

• Living the Cross-Centered Life, C.J. Mahaney

• The Cross He Bore, Frederick S. Leahy

• The Truth of the Cross, R.C. Sproul

• Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die, John Piper

• "The Heart of the Gospel" (Chapter 18) in Knowing God, J.I. Packer

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And here are a few books on the same subject that are just a little lengthier:

• Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross, Nancy Guthrie, ed.

• Scandalous: The Cross and Resurrection of Jesus, D.A. Carson

• Precious Blood: The Atoning Work of Christ, Richard Phillips, ed.