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  • Atonement: Framework

    The method I’m outlining here, is like that of filling in a jigsaw puzzle. Once again, it comes from the book to the right, and the outline here comes from their chapter covering the same topic. Interestingly, much of what we need to know about the atonement comes from the early chapters of Genesis. From…

  • Atonement: Fulfillment

    [This post is part of the Atonement series] After looking at some foundational Old Testament passages, it will be helpful now to continue on into the New Testament seeing specifically how Christ’s work on the cross is the culmination of those texts and fulfills them. Only the last passage, Isaiah 52:13-53:12, was specifically prophetic, but…

  • Atonement: Foundations

    [This post is part of the Atonement series] In this post, I’m simply going to give a survey of the major Old Testament passages that support the doctrine of penal substitutionary atonement, mostly following the formulations laid out in Jeffery, Ovey, and Sach’s book, Pierced for Our Transgressions: Rediscovering the Glory of Penal Substitution. In a sense, this…

  • Atonement: Objections

    [This post is part of the Atonement series] Rather than pushing too far forward with the limited/unlimited issue with regards to the atonement, I thought it might be better to put forward, and defend if necessary, the view of penal substitutionary view of the atonement. It seems in reality that the limited/unlimited question is a secondary concern,…

  • Atonement: Calvin

    [This post is part of the Atonement series] It should be a rule, and I say this in all seriousness, that you cannot call yourself a Calvinist until you have read the Institutes of the Christian Religion in its entirety (or at least a good bulk of it). I say this of course condemning myself, since I would…

  • Atonement: A shift in focus

    [This post is part of the Atonement series] After reading a bit further (roughly to where I had gotten before), I decided that the idea to study the atonement was indeed a good one and a good use of time (or a good donation of time for a kind of quasi-lent). However, I’ll be honest, The Death…

  • Conversations with Spice

    Just once, I’d like to overhear some business professionals at Panera saying what they really mean. Or at least dropping some of the formalities in their conversations. “Hey there Bob, sorry I’m late, I just didn’t make getting here a priority this morning.” “Well Jim, that’s more or less what I’d expect from someone as…

  • Apple Bombs

    San Antonio was great, although I would like to go back when (1) the sun is shining and (2) most of the trees are not dead. We had a good little weekend getaway and plan on doing so more often. Road trips, as always are good for the soul. One thing that I read about…

  • The Death of Death: The Dilemma

    [This post is part of the Atonement series] So here’s the dilemma: Christ underwent the pains of hell for either: All the sins of all men All the sins of some men Some of the sins of all men If the last, then all men have some sins to answer for, and so shall no man be…

  • Should I be in class right now?

    In the past five days, I have probably eaten more bananas than I have in the past five years. Just thought you should know. In case you’re wondering though, it is part of larger effort spearheaded by Ali and I to eat more fruit. This weekend, we are going on somewhat of a fruit fast…