The atonement of Christ, Reitsema said, “means Jesus dying for our sins in our place, and thereby taking on a consequence, a punishment which we would have had to be carried by us.” Atonement theology ...

In her third book on trust, Teresa Morgan argues that it is what empowers us to turn away from wrongdoing and suffering and ...

Perhaps our most famous Christian account of redemption is commonly known as substitutionary atonement. It runs something like this: in the beginning, God created the earth, and it was good—but then ...

Elder Peter M. Johnson, General Authority Seventy for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, delivered Tuesday’s devotional address. He taught that by coming unto the Lord, He will provide a ...

Metaphors, models, and the meaning of the atonement. Our late modern culture has become increasingly sensitive to the dangers of abusive structures and institutions that foster self-interest, ...

“His own approach to atonement is closest to the recapitulation understanding of Christ’s work that Irenaeus outlined, though many believe this view is compatible with PSA (see works by McNall and ...

Do you ever spare a thought for Philipp Melanchthon? In terms of theological controversy, he saw it all, or most of it. There are many good reasons for spending sympathetic time with him, and sympathy ...