I'd never expect to read an entire book, though this is a short one, in one sitting. After dinner tonight, I sat and read it - took me no more than a couple of hours (I'm a slow reader). What a wonderful read!Ligon Duncan is one of the more theologically precise, yet passionately pastoral and gracious, pastors of whom I am aware. The material in the book is 'worship-begetting' - of the God Who is 'worship-worthy'.
Nor am I at all 'off-put' by his (or their) contention that you were not "there when they crucified my Lord", regardless the implication(s) of the old spiritual. It is singularly refreshing to observe that the author(s) did not attempt to nuance the issue by saying "you were there in one sense, but, in our context, you were certainly not there". The context that was being projected was that it was in Himself, and by Himself, that Jesus Christ was bearing the consequences of sin (our sin, He had no sin): the wrath and abandonment of God. It is in this context that He was alone - we were no-where to be seen, except in the purpose and intent of His sacrifice, which is altogether another perception.
The book is especially relevant in light of the home-going of Rachel Barkey, Rachel died July 2. It's a repeat (I have it in an earlier post), but HERE is the URL for the video of the talk that she gave March 4. She probably did not read DOES GRACE GROW BEST IN WINTER?, but she could have written it - with the authenticity of experience.
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