Why Did Jesus Have to Die?
And other questions about the cross of Christ and its meaning for us today

In Why did Jesus have to Die? Marcus Nodder takes on the question of why it was necessary that the Son of God die on a cross for our sins to reconcile us to God. Nodder begins answering this question by considering just who God is. Nodder believes that the understanding of why we would need God hims......more

Recently a colleague at work mentioned that they tended to feel guilty around Easter time because of the story of Jesus. (They had a Catholic education growing up.) This got me curious to think about how we *should* view the story of Jesus. His sacrifice is for our sin, so there is a sense that we sh......more

(3.9) A helpful read, outlining why Jesus had to die. Going in depth on long passages of scripture was helpful and the best sections for me were the answers to tough questions about Jesus’s death, at the end of each chapter.......more