The Central Point of Redemptive History

The cross and resurrection of Jesus bring us to the central point of the whole line of redemption in history. Here is God’s answer to every dimension of sin and evil in the cosmos and all their destructive effects. The gospel presents us with an accomplished victory that will ultimately be universally visible and vindicated. If we have been as radical as we ought in our analysis of the effects of the fall, then we must be equally radical and comprehensive here in our understanding of all the ways in which the cross and resurrection reverse and ultimately destroy those effects. The cross must be central to every dimension of the mission of God’s people–from personal evangelism among individual friends to ecological care for creation, and everything in between.

- Christopher Wright, The Mission of God's People: A Biblical Theology of the Church's Mission (Biblical Theology for Life), p. 43