Once Upon a Tree: Answering the Ten Crucial Questions of Life

All history hinges on it. All hope is fastened to it. All shame and failure, all excellence and achievement is riveted to that one event in history that beams a brilliant light on the time line of mankind. From its blood-stained beams, God soars through time to collect the hearts and souls of every generation. The Cross of Christ -- the pivotal point of eternity -- is the testing ground for all that Jesus taught, for all that He proclaimed. Author Calvin Miller stakes his life -- and calls us to stake our own -- on the all-encompassing answers of the Cross. In this powerful book, Miller examines the ten "fearsome doctrines of our lives": human meaning, salvation, grief, the need for community, betrayal, accountability, death and dying, self-sacrifice, pain, and transcendence. If you think perhaps you have already seen the Cross, heard its story, and know it's meaning, this book will change your mind. It will do even more than that; it will transform your life.