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Tag Archives: atonement
“On the Doctrine of Atonement” by Robert W. Jenson
“For we can be reunited with the triune God only as we are fitted into the triune life. With some other sort of God matters might stand differently. But the biblical God is no sort of monad; we cannot be … Continue reading
Penal Substitutionary Atonement and the Living Christ
The glorification of the Son of God is the glorification of the human race, for the glory of God is the glory of man, and that glory is love! ~ George MacDonald ~ Good Friday—on this day Christians around the … Continue reading
If Atonement Ain’t Penal, Why the Cross?
Penal substitutionary atonement—whatever else might be said about this grotesque belief, it does provide a clear, simple-to-understand explanation of the events of Holy Week. On the cross the eternal Son endures the wrath of the Father for the sins of … Continue reading
Posted in Herbert McCabe & Friends, Theology
Tagged atonement, death, divine love, Good Friday, Herbert McCabe, life, original sin, penal substitutionary atonement
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Justifying Justification by Faith
Let’s assume that integrating justification by faith into a comprehensive understanding of salvation would be a constructive and positive thing for Eastern theology to do. I can think of several reasons why: Justification is an important theme in the New … Continue reading
Posted in Grace, Justification & Theosis
Tagged assurance, atonement, Augsburg Confession, Eastern Orthodoxy, justification by faith, penal substitution, Reformation, Westminster Confession
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Slowly Reading St Athanasius: the God we didn’t invent, rotten avocados, and other vast imponderables
by John Stamps Kids love to ask their parents questions. Kids think nothing of asking tough questions. They ask them as easily as they eat or play or sleep. They think these questions are harmless. But the children are wrong. … Continue reading
The Three Sisters and Ezekelian Apokatastasis
Ezekiel 16:44-58 This passage in Ezekiel caught me by surprise, and the surprise intensified when I read Robert Jenson’s commentary. I was not expecting an eschatological turn. Suddenly we find ourselves at what might be called a last judgment. Behold, … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Robert Jenson
Tagged atonement, Ezekiel, Israel, Jesus Christ, justification, Samaria, sin, Sodom
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Salvation in Christ: The Orthodox Approach
by Metropolitan Kallistos Ware Let me begin with a question that was put to me sometime ago in the railway train. A person sitting opposite fixed me with a piercing gaze and said, “Are you saved?” Now how did I … Continue reading
Posted in Theology
Tagged atonement, Christ, God, Kallistos Ware, Orthodoxy, sacrifice, salvation, substitutionary atonement
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Eclectic Orthodoxy 