The View from Mount Calvary: 24 Portraits of the Cross Throughout Scripture

by John Phillips

Without Jesus, the Bible makes no sense. And without his atoning death on the cross, the Bible makes no difference. In The View from Mount Calvary, renowned Bible commentator John Phillips surveys the entire Bible and shows how its many sections, books, and subjects all revolve around the death of Jesus on Mt. Calvary. Recommended reading especially during the Easter season, The View from Mount Calvary will deepen readers' appreciation of the finished work of Christ.

Genres: Christian

296 pages, Paperback

First published December 23, 2005

About the author

Dr. John Phillips was born in Britain. He served in the British Army in Palestine where he saw many of the events which led to the birth of the State of Israel. After the War he joined the Bank of Montreal and went to Canada. In the Canadian north-west he founded and pastored a small church in a bi-vocational capacity. He served as assistant director of the Moody Bible Institute's Correspondence School and became well known as a Bible teacher in the Moody Evening School and over the Moody Radio Network. For four years he directed the Emmaus Correspondence School, one of the largest in the world at that time with courses available in over 100 languages. Returning to Moody Bible Institute he traveled widely as an itinerant Bible teacher for the Institute's Extension Ministry. He is best known for his EXPLORING and INTRODUCING books. He has written on all the New Testament books and on numerous Old Testament books including EXPLORING GENESIS, EXPLORING PSALMS (2 vols), EXPLORING PROVERBS (2 vols) and EXPLORING THE MINOR PROPHETS. Dr. Phillips' resources have been the companions of pastors, teachers and Bible students everywhere who have turned to them for instruction, illumination, and illustration.

Reviews

[Ed · Rating 4 out of 5]

The main part of the book is outstanding dealing with the gospel and the things that led up to the gospel from the Old Testament. There is one section at the end of the book entitled 'Things that took place after the Foundation of the World. Here he refers to G. H. Pember of whom I disagree with. He tries to introduce a Pre-Adamic race where sin came from. So John Phillips is promoting the gap theory which I strongly disagree with because of Romans 5:12. There is also a Scripture Index at the end of the book which enables a reader to go back and review and study.

[Joseph Jackson · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 stars
The view from Mount Calvary is a beautiful book giving views of the Cross throughout scripture. While not a light read it is very helpful for the believer

[José Luis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Un gran libro. Me gusta la manera en que el autor plantea el sacrificio de Jesucristo, y cada detalle que este implica desde génesis apocalipsis. Excelente material de estudio. Bendiciones