Thursday, June 05, 2008

Atonement Revisited

This article is by a North Park Theological Seminary professor. It's a 10 minute read and not too deep - anyone reading this post can read and understand the article. I hope it gives a fuller understanding of Christ's saving death on the cross and following resurrection.

"Waldenström considered the idea that God needed to be repaid or
appeased a heathen one because it not only painted the picture of God
as cruel, it also was articulated in terms of human legal systems. Most
importantly, Waldenström thought the view of penal substitution was
absent from the biblical account, so he took up a study of Scripture."

Read the rest of the article.

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