seminary professor of Christian doctrine since 1983, I have taught about the cross every semester in classes such as “Basic Christian Theology” and “The Person and Work of Christ.” So I have had a lifelong interest in the cross of Christ. But in the early 1990s, as a result of several personal experiences and my growing involvement in what I can best describe as a ministry of healing prayer to persons with emotional and spiritual needs, I began to witness firsthand the power of the cross in ways