The Circle and the Cross Author:G. W. C. Thomas Attempts have been made for centuries, and again in our century, to answer the questions man asks about the meaning of the Cross. Theories of the Atonement abound, yet too often the authorities talk past one another. This book makes a serious attempt to bring many insights into single accord and to speak with clarity and simplicity to all men.... more » On the Cross, the self-giving of Christ puts in motion a vital circle of restoration; the disastrous chain reaction set off by man's separation from God is reversed. Mr. Thomas shows how this final collision between the self-will of man and the self-giving of Christ at the Cross is the most dynamic thing that has ever happened, and issues in a new creation.« less