40 Days to the Cross Reflections from Great Thinkers

by R. van Noord (Editor), J. Strong (Editor)

Immerse yourself in the season of Lent with 40 Days to the Cross. Reflect on the suffering, death and resurrection of Christ with writings from great thinkers—including early church fathers, medieval writers and influential pastors. This devotional will guide you through a time of confession, reading, and reflection during the 40 days leading to Easter.

Christians from many church traditions have marked the occasion of Jesus’ death and resurrection by a period of fasting known as Lent. The traditional calendar for Lent goes from Ash Wednesday to Easter, with exceptions for Sundays (always a feast day). 40 Days to the Cross will help you contemplate our shared experience of Jesus’ death and resurrection—the very centre of our faith.

40 Days to the Cross: Reflections from Great Thinkers:
Includes curated writings from great theologians: Excerpts are organized into a devotional format that relate to daily readings from the Gospel of Mark.
Connects you to a spectrum of influential Christian thinkers: Reflections come from Church Fathers like Augustine, John Chrysostom, and Jerome; medieval Christians such as Thomas à Kempis and Thomas Aquinas; and later pastors like John Newton and Charles Spurgeon.
Doubles as a journal: Response questions prompt you to journal within the resource.

Genres: Devotional, Theology

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First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Laurie Hetherington · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this for Lent, one chapter each night before sleep.
Recommend it to anyone seeking to focus on the events leading up to Easter and the significance of all Christ has done for us.

[David Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Following an appropriate Old Testament passage and a Gospel record of Christ’s passion is a Lenten reading from some great thinker or theologian across the centuries. All three passages are well selected for the 40 days leading up to Easter and personally applicable in walking through the passion and death of Christ. This meaningful combination does everything, in my opinion, that a Lenten devotional needs to do. This one was thoughtfully and prayerfully designed.

[Glenn Crouch · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is quite a nice and useful Lenten Devotional. I think they have picked a nice diversity of "Great Thinkers" and have used quite suitable bible verses.