Guilt, Self-punishment, and the Cross

Here's a great section from a great book: Domesticated Jesus by Harry Kraus.  This section is about how Christians wrestle with guilt.  We domesticate Jesus when we think our self-pity for sin makes God accept us more."To continue to punish ourselves for sins for which Jesus died is an insult in the face of a…

Your Jesus Is Too Small

 This is a great book.  It is readable, clear, to the point, and easy to follow.  The content is solid as well.  In this book, Kraus (a surgeon who has worked as a missionary) confesses his sin of making Jesus small and making himself big.  That is the whole point of the book - when…