Christianity Explained is a great introduction to the Christian faith. I began taking a small group through it last Sunday (sans DVD), and I'm continuing it tomorrow as we think about what Christ accomplished on the cross. The cross is essential to become a believer, but it is also essential for continuing in the faith. I love this prayer of thankfulness for Christ's work on the cross:
The cross still stands and meets my needs
in the deepest straits of the soul.
I thank thee that my rememberance of it
is like David's sight of Goliath's sword
which preached forth thy deliverance.
The memory of my great sins, my many temptations, my falls,
bring afresh into my mind the rememembrance
of thy great help, of thy support from heaven,
of the great grace that saved such a wretch as I am.
There is no treasure so wonderful
as that continuous experience of thy grace toward me
which alone can subdue the risings of sin within:
Give me more of it.
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