The Passover Mystery

“With the precision of a learned theologian and the heart of a wise, guiding pastor, Gene Tempelmeyer’s The Passover Mystery helps us recover a sense of awe, reverence, understanding, and application of this mystery to our journey as followers of Christ. As I slowly and carefully read his sage words, I came away with a deep sense of all four of those dimensions, and I am grateful for having done so.”


—Jeff Crosby, author of The Language of the Soul





“Pithy and insightful—‘The cross is good news even before the resurrection’—don’t even consider starting it without a highlighter.”


—Marlene LeFever, Christian educator





“The Passover mystery reads as part memoir, part theological treatise, drawing on Tempelmeyer’s personal and decades-long pastoral experience to reframe the meaning and impact of the cross of Jesus in profoundly hopeful and helpful ways for our lives and society today.”


—Scott Moore, executive director, Youth Unlimited (YFC Toronto)





“For many Christians, the cross has been reduced to being a ‘fix’ for sin, resulting in a faith that wearily strives for perfection, while internally, their experience is heavy, shame filled, and dry. Tempelmeyer’s recovery of the ancient Christian understanding of Jesus as the Passover Lamb is full of hope, transforming our faith from drudgery to adventure. Rather than an exit strategy from a failing earth, God invites us into his work of making a whole new world.”


—Sam Chaise, executive director, Christie Refugee Welcome Centre





“Weaving together a rich discussion of historical context and biblical exegesis, Tempelmeyer reconnects the Passover and the cross, God’s promise to Abraham and Pentecost. The result is an explosive mix which challenges us to rethink our understanding of God’s work on the cross. Delivered with a vulnerable and gentle pastoral heart, Tempelmeyer opens up the possibility of a fresh new engagement of the gospel with a disillusioned culture.”


—Donald Goertz, Tyndale University, retired