Thursday, April 10, 2008

In My Place Condemned He Stood

J. I. Packer and Mark Dever's In My Place Condemned He Stood: Celebrating the Glory of the Atonement is now available.
In My Place Condemned He Stood combines three classic articles by Packer—“The Heart of the Gospel”; his Tyndale Biblical Theology Lecture, “What Did the Cross Achieve”; and his introductory essay to John Owen’s The Death of Death in the Death of Christ—with Dever’s 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.
You can read online the foreword (by the T4G guys), preface, and introduction.

Here are the blurbs:

"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

"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 propitiation—not just as words, but as saving benefits we can only receive from a crucified Savior."
- Philip Graham Ryken, Senior Minister, Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia

"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