Foreword by Alister McGrath

Part One: Approaching the cross

1 The centrality of the cross

2 Why did Christ die?

3 Looking below the surface

Part Two: The heart of the cross

4 The problem of forgiveness

5 Satisfaction for sin

6 The self-substitution of God

Part Three: The achievement of the cross

7 The salvation of sinners

8 The revelation of God

9 The conquest of evil

Part Four: Living under the cross

10 The community of celebration

11 Self-understanding and self-giving

12 Loving our enemies

13 Suffering and glory

Conclusion: The pervasive influence of the cross

Bibliography

Study guide by David Stone

"In the twenty years since its publication, John Stott’s The Cross of Christ has established itself as the most respected and authoritative evangelical writing on this most important of subjects. It remains the standard work on its great themes, inspiring, challenging, encouraging and informing its many readers.

This, then, is a book that will amply repay study. Its continuing impact and relevance after the passage of twenty years since its publication suggest that this book has all the makings of a classic – a work written in and for one generation, which its successors continue to find important and illuminating." - Alister McGrath