The cross is everywhere! You see crosses all over TV in backgrounds and hanging around the neck of Hollywood stars and entertainers. It is used as a prop in concerts. It is on professional athlete's hats and helmets and uniforms and ear lobes and necklaces. In this day and age, crosses can be spotted on everyone from professional athletes to celebrities to teenage girls trying to look cool. In the general public, the cross has been emptied of meaning. The cross is not a peripheral issue or a secondary theme; it is the central, indeed crucial doctrine of the faith. The doctrine of the cross is the doctrine of the atonement and it is found throughout the Scriptures. Indeed, the whole of the Bible points to the atonement - the work of Jesus Christ on the cross.