For Readers of The Fig Leaf and the Cross
Thank You for Reading
If you’ve reached this page, you’ve likely just closed The Fig Leaf and the Cross, or you’re somewhere in the middle and wanted to know what else is here. Either way, thank you.
A book can name what has been happening inside you for years. But naming it is not the same as living differently. The scorecard doesn’t disappear because you’ve read about it. The reach for a fig leaf still comes, often before you notice. What changes is that you begin to recognize it, and you learn, slowly and imperfectly, to receive the covering God has already provided instead of sewing another one yourself.
That kind of change takes return visits. This page gathers a few resources to help.
REFLECTION JOURNAL SECTION (text block, then your existing sign-up block below it)
The Reflection Journal
The Fig Leaf and the Cross Reflection Journal is a free companion to the book. It includes:
A brief summary of each of the eight chapters
The Reflection Questions from every chapter, with space to write
Additional follow-up reflections after the final chapter
Use it on your own after each chapter, or come back to it months later when the old scorecard starts keeping score again. Growth rarely happens in a single reading. It happens through honest reflection, repeated over time.
Reading With a Group
The Fig Leaf and the Cross was shaped in part through years of teaching a men’s Bible study, and it was written to be read with others. Shame does its best work in isolation. Grace often becomes believable when we hear someone else admit they’ve been hiding too.
If you’re leading a small group or class, the Reflection Journal’s questions work well for discussion, one chapter per meeting. For questions about group use or bulk copies, please contact me.
The Covered Life Series
The Fig Leaf and the Cross is the first book in the Covered Life Series. Each book takes up one truth many sincere believers have stepped over.
Book Two, The 24-Hour Reset, is now in progress. It turns to the hurried soul: the burnout and the mind that won’t stop looping. It explores the Sabbath not as one more obligation but as a gift of rest God built into time itself. Signing up for the Reflection Journal also means you’ll hear when it is released.
About Larry
Larry Roach is a teacher and counselor with a pastor’s heart. Drawing on decades of training and experience, he provides theological and psychologically sound teaching.