The Gift of the Cross: Embracing the Promise of the Resurrection

Have you ever dived deeper into the Easter story? Is there a more meaningful way to experience Lent? How does Christ’s death on the cross pave the way for your relationship with God the Father and transform every day of your life? In The Gift of the Cross, beloved and trusted pastor Dr. Charles Stanley walks us through the Lenten and Easter seasons with biblical teaching on Christ’s journey to the cross, the wonder of His divine resurrection, and what all of this means for believers today.

Discover how this one event forms the absolute foundation for everything Christians believe and will impact not just how you celebrate Lent and Easter but how you can experience joy and hope all year long.

Both men and women will be encouraged in their faith walk as they focus on these truths that:

you can find rest in the final work of the Cross
Jesus lives and reigns and is intimately involved in your life
you can experience God’s love and the promises of the resurrection in both this life and the next
Readers will find:

a renewed sense of joy as they observe and celebrate the Lenten and Easter seasons
gorgeous photography alongside powerful scriptures and Dr. Stanley’s insights
decades of biblical study and teachings on Jesus’s life, death, and resurrection
Develop a deeper understanding of the Lenten and Easter seasons through The Gift of the Cross. Followers of Dr. Charles Stanley will also enjoy The Gift of Prayer and The Gift of Heaven.

Contributor Bio: Stanley, Charles F
Dr. Charles Stanley is the founder of In Touch Ministries and pastor emeritus of First Baptist Church of Atlanta, Georgia, where he served more than fifty years. He is a New York Times bestselling author of more than seventy books, including Every Day in His Presence. The In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley program is transmitted on more than 3,600 television, radio, and satellite networks and stations worldwide in more than seventy languages. The award-winning In Touch devotional magazine is printed in four languages and sent to more than one million subscribers. Dr. Stanley’s goal is best represented by Acts 20:24 (TLB): “Life is worth nothing unless I use it for doing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus–the work of telling others the Good News about God’s mighty kindness and love.” Because, as he says, “It is the Word of God and the work of God that changes people’s lives.”
Pub Date: February 22, 2022