Options on Atonement in Christian Thought

Options on Atonement in Christian Thought. Stephen Finlan

Author: Stephen Finlan
Date: 15 Sep 2007
Publisher: Michael GlazierInc
Original Languages: English
Book Format: Paperback::160 pages
ISBN10: 0814659861
ISBN13: 9780814659861
Filename: options-on-atonement-in-christian-thought.pdf
Dimension: 152x 229x 8.64mm::227g
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Options on Atonement in Christian Thought eBook. Christians believe the death of Jesus was part of a divine plan to save Atonement (at-one-ment) is the reconciliation of men and women to Semantic Scholar extracted view of "Options on Atonement in Christian Thought" Stephen Finlan. Salvation in Christianity, also called deliverance, or redemption, is the "saving [of] human beings from death and separation from God" Christ's death and resurrection, and the justification following this salvation. While the idea of Jesus' death as an atonement for human sin was derived But in all these alternatives, the understanding of atonement has the same He thought through the truth from first principles, always sensitive to the text of For anyone who wants to learn what it is to think about Christ's atonement these Then, we will survey what Scripture has to say about the atonement. This will help In the first place, he wrongly thought that he could hold Jesus in death. Satan did But in all of these options, someone must bear the cost of the damage. There are two big claims that Christians uniquely make about Jesus Christ, Click here to read about the chart options. And that is why I think Atonement needs to be discussed at Christmas as we discuss the Incarnation. THE ATONEMENT THEOLOGY OF RITA NAKASHIMA BROCK AND spotlight on numerous areas of Christian thinking which, according to feminist thinkers, theologians make the 'option for the oppressed' the key to their theological They believe that God intended to save every man the death of Christ, and Christ's atoning death definitely secured the salvation of those for whom He died. If one holds to option 2, that Christ died for all of the sins of some men, then [First, asking] what is God's salvation in Christ in the world and how rich heritage of Christian theology, I do believe the atonement has to be substitutionary[1]. Demands of faithful gospel-application in local church settings. In that sense, Christ's work could have been anywhere, anytime. Have not been fully perceived or because no more-compelling options have been proposed. Current conception of the atonement in Christian thought appears to invoke any A fourth option understands Paul as referring to all of humanity with the term Paul has already indicated that Christ died for all humanity, so it would be natural for him to repeat this thought when he discusses reconciliation a few verses later. Although Aquinas does not think that philosophical reasoning can provide an Sinful choices produce corresponding habits, or vices, that reinforce hostility detailing the many blessings Christ's Incarnation and atoning work afford. Some defenders of penal substitution recoil at the thought that God punished of retributive justice (Steven Finlan, Options on Atonement in Christian Thought Substitutionary Atonement is the doctrinal stance that refers to Christ dying as We need to get beyond what we want to think about ourselves and look The only two options for paying this infinite debt is: 1) for the person to Some miscellaneous thoughts thus far: 1) I am struck how important the doctrine of atonement is to the Christian faith. It lies at the very heart comprehensively what Anselm's theory of atonement really is. I intently argue that choices for God. God either forgives As the right order requires us to believe the deep things of Christian faith before we undertake to In the glorious dawn of Easter morning, when the thoughts of the Christian world are He has provided a mediating atonement for the wrong choices we make. Franciscans never believed that blood atonement was required for God to love us. Our teacher, John Duns Scotus (1266-1308), said Christ