Why the cross?

Symbols have served as a quick means of identification for centuries. For nearly 2,000 years Christianity has adopted a symbol that is universally recognized – a simple cross. However, the cross represents neither the character, life or teaching of the founder of the Christian faith. It is a terrible picture of the manner in which he was executed when he was barely into his thirties.
For millions of people around the world, the cross is nothing more than a piece of jewelry or a lucky charm, a tattoo or a kind of amulet. The enormous gap between the original event and the symbol's current use raises questions of colossal depth and importance:

Why does this symbol remain so universally popular?
What was so unique about Jesus' crucifixion?
Why was he put to death?
What difference does this make to me today?
This brochure answers these questions and many more. These pages establish with great clarity that Jesus' death on the cross contains our only hope of obtaining forgiveness of sins and eternal life. Reading them, we understand why Christians place such importance on the death of Jesus Christ on the cross of Golgotha.
Why did he have to die, and die through such a public and humiliating execution? What does this death mean to me? The accounts of the witnesses illuminate the meaning of the cross in the most clear, simple and powerful way. The subject is of the utmost importance. Thinking about it today is of the greatest urgency.

ISBN: 9782914562676