Part I
Christ's Introduction to Ministry
- 1His BirthThe Weakness of Christ
- 2His ChildhoodThe Humility of Christ
- 3His BaptismThe Self-Denial of Christ
- 4His First Journey to JerusalemThe Light of Christ
A Devotional on the
Life of Jesus Christ
Walk with Jesus from the manger in Bethlehem to the Mount of Olives, in the order His life unfolded, and behold the glory of God in every step of His descent to the cross.
Published by Free Grace Press
From the introduction
“Down, down, down He came. This is our God. This is His glory. This is the glory of the life of Jesus Christ… the glory of the cross.”
“If we want to behold our God, let us take a hard and long look at the cross. Every aspect of the life of Christ was depicted by self-sacrifice and death to self. Jesus was born to die.”
About the book
The whole life of Christ, in the order it happened
The Son of God did not grasp after His glory. He came down: to a manger, to a carpenter’s bench, to the Jordan, to the crowds of Galilee, to Gethsemane and to Golgotha. The Glory of the Cross follows Him every step of the way.
In twenty-seven chapters, Jeffrey D. Johnson walks through the four Gospels in chronological order, from His birth to His ascension. Each chapter stops to behold one facet of His glory: His weakness and humility, His compassion and power, His tears, His love, His victory and His reign.
- 27 chapters in six parts, following His ministry from Galilee to Jerusalem
- Timelines of the life and ministry of Christ
- Hand-drawn maps of Palestine in the time of Jesus
- An outline of His life harmonizing the four Gospels, and an index of His miracles
Contents
A journey in six parts
Every chapter is a stage in His life, and every stage reveals His glory.
Part II
Christ's Galilean Ministry
- 5His First Galilean TourThe Suffering of Christ
- 6His Second Galilean TourThe Compassion of Christ
- 7His Journey to GergesaThe Power of Christ
- 8His Third Galilean TourThe Goodness of Christ
Part III
Christ's Multiregional Ministry
- 9His Celebration of PurimThe Deity of Christ
- 10His Interrupted RetreatThe Exhaustion of Christ
- 11His Multiregional TourThe Faithfulness of Christ
- 12His TransfigurationThe Glory of Christ
- 13His Celebration of the Feast of BoothsThe Wisdom of Christ
Part IV
Christ's Judean Ministry
- 14His Last Journey out of GalileeThe Rejection of Christ
- 15His First Judean TourThe Teachings of Christ
- 16His Celebration of HanukkahThe Kingship of Christ
- 17His Second Judean TourThe Kindness of Christ
- 18His Final Journey to JerusalemThe Kingdom of Christ
Part V
Christ's Final Week of Ministry
- 19His Triumphal EntryThe Tears of Christ
- 20His Last WeekThe Holiness of Christ
- 21His Olivet DiscourseThe Prophecies of Christ
- 22His Celebration of the Lord's SupperThe Service of Christ
- 23His Walk to GethsemaneThe Promises of Christ
- 24His Arrest and TrialThe Righteousness of Christ
Part VI
Christ's Global Ministry
- 25His DeathThe Love of Christ
- 26His ResurrectionThe Victory of Christ
- 27His AscensionThe Reign of Christ
Praise for the book
“The beauty and glory of Jesus resound on every page”
“By knowing Christ experientially and meditating upon His glory as the incarnate Word who is full of grace and truth (John 1:14), we are transformed into His image and experience the dawn of eternal life (2 Cor. 3:18; John 17:3). It is to this end that Jeffrey Johnson movingly summarizes (with painstaking chronological detail) each event in the life and ministry of Christ, explaining how each event displays His hypostatic union as the God-man in His incarnation, life, suffering, death, resurrection, and ascension, as well as in His suffering, compassion, power, faithfulness, wisdom, kingship, holiness, promises, righteousness, love, and victory. I heartily recommend reading this Christ-centered daily devotional and sharing it widely!”
“This beautiful book will give you a running day-by-day narrative of the life of our Lord Jesus Christ. The beauty and glory of Jesus resound on every page. Through the illustrations and descriptions of the scenes, you will see the entire flow of Jesus’s life as He makes His way to the cross. The timelines and illustrations are a tremendous help in visualizing the people and places where Jesus walked—day by day. And, if you want your children to get a picture of Christ in His various moments, this book is for you. It is very easy to read and beautiful. I highly recommend it.”
“If God were to come down, and be with us, what would it look like? We have not yet seen enough of the glories of the Person of Jesus Christ, the Son of God displayed in the four Gospels. Linger longer at the cradle, on the sea, upon the mountain, before the cross, and the open tomb with Jesus! Learn more of Him. Let us study Immanuel more, that we may see more of His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. This is the objective of this valuable work, The Glory of the Cross. The priority of every family devotion is to dig deep into the Gospels, and here is a fine resource to aid in that ministry.”
Free companion study
Study the book, chapter by chapter
The Glory of the Cross Study is a free, two-semester workbook for students, families and classrooms, built to go alongside the book.
- All 27 chapters, with Scripture, fill-in-the-blank, multiple-choice and reflection questions
- Place the towns of His ministry on the book’s own map of Palestine
- A graded final exam at the end of each semester
- Print the whole workbook, or install it as an app and study offline
Behold, this is our God.
Take a long look at the life of Jesus Christ, and see the glory of the cross.