of God’s love, wisdom, and power—whether pagan, Jewish, or even (no, especially!) Christian must now pass the test of conformity to the cross of Christ as the revelation of God: “God’s stance toward the world is quintessentially demonstrated in the action of Christ [in his death].”22 If on the cross Christ conformed to God, then God “conforms” to the cross.The cross is the interpretive, or hermeneutical, lens through which God is seen; it is the means of grace by which God is known. As John Carroll
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