Crucified and Risen: Sermons on the Death, Resurrection, and Ascension of Christ (Calvin) Commentaries The opening section is marked

The opening section is marked by superb exegetical studies that ground the whole book in Scripture

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Crucified and Risen: Sermons on the Death, Resurrection, and Ascension of Christ (Calvin) Commentaries The opening section is markedTo call the arrest, trial, scourging and crucifixion of Jesus Christ a miscarriage of justice is true as far as it goes, but it does not go far enough. Christs death on the cross was not an accident but, as his resurrection attests, was accomplished according to the sovereign, loving will of God, by which sinners can be reconciled to the One who made them, and can pass by grace from death to life. In this memorable set of sermons which date from 1557