The Amazing Cross by Rev. Herman Hoeksema. Reviewed by Rev. Leonard Greenway

Rev. Herman Hoeksema -- The Amazing Cross. 183 pp. Eerdmans Publ. Co. $2.00. So much that is being published these days on Lenten themes is superficial and misleading. Too often the stress is laid on the external aspects of our Lord's passion, as if the things that matter most about the Christ on the cross are His "manliness", "heroism," "patience under tremendous strain," etc. In not a few Lenten books the cross of our Savior is presented as something to be described rather than expounded....