num_pages: 192
description: An important anthology that reaffirms the classic doctrine of substitutionary atonement and counters the ongoing attacks against it. If ever there was a time and a need for an enthusiastic reaffirmation of the biblical doctrine of substitutionary atonement it is now. With this foundational tenet under widespread attack J. I. Packer and Mark Devers anthology plays an important role issuing a clarion call to readers to stand firm in the truth. In My Place Condemned He Stood combines three classic articles by PackerThe Heart of the Gospel; his Tyndale Biblical Theology Lecture What Did the Cross Achieve; and his introductory essay to John Owens The Death of Death in the Death of Christwith Devers recent article Nothing but the Blood. It also features a foreword by the four principals of Together for the Gospel: Dever Ligon Duncan C. J. Mahaney and Al Mohler. Thoughtful readers looking for a compact classic on this increasingly controversial doctrine need look no farther than this penetrating volume. Here is vintage J. I. Packer accompanied by some younger friends. The magisterial but too-little-known essay What Did the Cross Achieve? is itself worth the price of the whole book. And there is much more besides. Here then are gospel riches and In My Place Condemned He Stood marks the spot where the buried treasure lies. Start digging! Sinclair B. Ferguson Senior Pastor First Presbyterian Church Columbia South Carolina The essays in this volume by Packer and Dever are some of the most important things I have ever read. If you want to preach in such a way that results in real conversions and changed lives you should master the approach to the cross laid out in this book. Tim Keller Senior Pastor Redeemer Presbyterian Church New York City This book contains some of the finest essays that have ever been written on the death of Christ. David F. Wells Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Every student and pastor should own this volume for the contents are so precious that they deserve more than one reading. Thomas R. Schreiner Professor of New Testament Interpretation The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Writing with the precision of learned theologians and the passion of forgiven sinners J. I. Packer and Mark Dever explain the meaning of atonement substitution and propitiationnot just as words but as saving benefits we can only receive from a crucified Savior. Philip Graham Ryken Senior Minister Tenth Presbyterian Church Philadelphia 
language: English
title: In My Place Condemned He Stood: Celebrating the Glory of the Atonement
publisher: Crossway