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The Atonement 2007 Series

We are dealing here with the very core of the gospel and it is under assault today. Where do YOU stand?

To read the series through in the order it was released, begin at the bottom of the earliest page from the series, and, when you have read each post, press back to get to the next one, then use the “Next Entries” link at the bottom of each list of posts.

I apologise for the broken navigation links that are found at the bottom of some of the individual post pages.

Review of the Blog – May to June 2007: More Atonement Wars and Terry Virgo

December 20, 2007

May was not as controversial a month as I reported yesterday that April had been. I continued with the following posts on the atonement and the resurrection throughout May and also into June. In fact, there were a few posts on the atonement which spilled into July, and I have listed them here also. If [...]

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Review of the Blog – April 2007: Atonement Wars

December 19, 2007

UPDATE – Steve Chalke has expressed his views more fully in a chapter in The Atonement Debate, and I have posted a response to this. Today I will continue my review of the last year’s blogging which we began yesterday. April was a very interesting month for me on this blog. So much so that [...]

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John Stott on the Atonement – The Conclusion

July 7, 2007

This is it. The end. My final post in this series. Of course, I am sure I will return to this subject from time to time — especially if there are other developments in the wider scene. But this really is the conclusion of my series — it is time to move on to other [...]

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Terry Virgo On the Results of the Cross

July 7, 2007

So far I have shared quotes from Wayne Grudem, Spurgeon, Tom Schreiner, and C. J. Mahaney on the cross. Today it’s Terry Virgo’s turn: “Remember God has accepted us. The gospel of grace is a message of breathtaking freedom. It must be embraced with faith and thanksgiving. You are thoroughly accepted just as you are. [...]

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C. J. Mahaney on the Cross

July 6, 2007

I have now provided thoughts on the cross from Wayne Grudem, C. H. Spurgeon, and Tom Schreiner. Today it’s C. J.’s turn: “As a pastor few things affect me more than interacting with those who are unaware of God’s personal love for them. Normally there isn’t a week that goes by where I’m not talking [...]

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Tom Schreiner on the Atonement

July 6, 2007

So far we have shared quotes from Wayne Grudem and C. H. Spurgeon on the cross. Today I’d like to share a quote from Dr. Tom Schreiner, Associate Dean and Professor of New Testament at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville, Kentucky). Incidentally, Martin Downes has just posted an interview with Dr. Schreiner. “I define penal [...]

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Spurgeon on the Atonement

July 5, 2007

Yesterday I shared a quote from Wayne Grudem on the atonement. Today it’s Spurgeon’s turn: “All the love and acceptance which perfect obedience could have obtained of God belong to you because Christ was perfectly obedient on your behalf. Those who set aside the atonement as a satisfaction for sin also murder the doctrine of [...]

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Wayne Grudem on the Atonement

July 4, 2007

Over the next couple of days I will be sharing some of my favorite quotes from others on the atonement. This will finally conclude my Atonement series. We begin today with Dr. Wayne Grudem: “ . . . there is an eternal, unchangeable requirement in the holiness and justice of God that sin be paid [...]

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A Limited Atonement? Did Jesus Die For All?

July 4, 2007

Some say only Christians, some say the whole world. The “L” of the TULIP acronym is definitely one of the most controversial and most misunderstood. I refer you to my previous series for more detail on the “limited” nature of the atonement, but today I want to stress some points that we can surely all [...]

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J. I. Packer on the Atonement

July 3, 2007

I received the following two articles from the communications director of the UCCF, and they have been kind enough to give me permission to republish them here. The first article is by J. I. Packer, and the second one is by Richard Cunningham, and were originally published in a UCCF magazine. Penal Substitution RevisitedJ. I. [...]

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The Atonement – A Quiz

July 3, 2007

As we finally draw towards the close of our series on the atonement, I thought it would be helpful to use the following tool to help us review where we have been. I found this helpful quiz online. Many of these questions address doctrinal issues that we have discussed, although some of them are factual [...]

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A New Domain and Your Chance to Help Me!

July 2, 2007

This week was meant to be almost a crescendo as I had hoped to finish off my long-running blog series on the atonement last week. Blogger ruined all that sadly! Due to some kind of bizarre fault, I was unable to publish my blog for several days at http://adrianwarnock.com/, which in blog years is a [...]

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Penal Substitutionary Atonement – Precious Gospel or Divine Child Abuse?

July 2, 2007

UPDATEIn January 2008, the following post was identified as the 25th all-time most popular post with readers of this blog. The 26th most-read post was “25% Off Logos Bible Software by Libronix. This post summarizes some of my series on the atonement, and links to a number of other posts on the subject. There are [...]

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Brian McLaren Supports Steve Chalke About the Cross

July 2, 2007

UPDATE – Steve Chalke has expressed his views more fully in a chapter in The Atonement Debate, and I have posted a response to this. —– A reader recently pointed me to the following passage from a longer article on The Resurgence about Brett Kunkle’s concerns about the Emergent movement. I hope my American readers [...]

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The Atonement and the Resurrection – It’s All About Jesus

July 1, 2007

Sometimes we get so caught up in our doctrine of the cross that we forget the ULTIMATE PURPOSE FOR WHICH CHRIST DIED AND WAS RISEN. It was, in fact, not first and foremost for us, rather it was for Him. It was—like everything God does—for the sake of His own name and His own glory. [...]

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The Atonement – Jesus’ Death Is Not Repeated at Communion

June 30, 2007

In our churches these days we have people coming from all kinds of backgrounds. I know that I probably have readers of the blog who feel the Mass or Communion in some way is a repetition of Jesus’ sacrifice. I wanted, therefore, to take this opportunity to share some verses which, to my mind, settle [...]

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The Atonement – Don’t Forget the Blood of Christ

June 29, 2007

A number of years ago I remember watching an evangelism training video. It had a laughable sketch where someone went up to a total stranger and asked, “Have you been washed in the blood of the lamb?” In our squeamish culture, it probably isn’t the best question to ask someone at the very beginning of [...]

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Are You Still A Sinner?

June 24, 2007

One of my commentators didn’t like my last post when I said that God really does change us when we become a Christian. I am not going to get into the philosophical arguments he does. As O don’t think the Bible All I can say is that when God declares someone to be righteous, in [...]

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Is the Cross a Legal Fiction? No, Because the Resurrection Changes Us

June 23, 2007

Many people criticize Penal Subsitutionary Atonement on the basis that it makes justification into a legal fiction. I suppose such a criticism might be valid if a simplistic explanation of PSA was all that happened because of the cross. We have already seen that is not the case. But, more than that we must not [...]

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Seven New Warnie Awards

June 23, 2007

The Warnie Awards started as a bit of fun, but I understand that for some they are a sought-after piece of blogging recognition. Today, I will award several more blogs a Warnie. As a result their headlines appear in a box in my side bar so there are even more reasons for you to come [...]

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