Jesus is actively obedient not only in his life and in his dying but also in his being dead.  Balthasar's unique contribution to atonement theology is his insistence that Jesus' salvific mission involved more than what he could accomplish in his earthly life....

My thesis that the practice of nonviolence requires a belief in divine vengeance will be unpopular with many Christians, especially theologians in the West.  To the person who is inclined to dismiss it, I suggest i...

Do you remember the quote I shared yesterday? It was from Matthew Henry, part of his "Treatise on Baptism". Believe it or not. Here is the quote again with my comments after: "As far as the parents are concerned, we are...

N T Wright, in his Evil and the Justice of God, says that he believes Miroslav Volf's Exclusion and Embrace was the best book of the 20th century.  I certainly don't have the range to be able to substantiate a c...

According to modern theology, the Son of God assumed our nature in order that through it, as a means to an end beyond himself, he might procure redemption for humanity as fallen in Adam.  According to Mercersburg, ...

Another difference [between Modern Theology and Mercersburg Theology] is in their central idea.  Modern theology makes the atonement or death of Christ, Mercersburg the person of Chirst or the incarnation, its central idea....

I'm sure that there will be great stuff to help us on this site.  Limited, unlimited, both?  We've eventually got to connect Christus Victor and Penal Substitution, so this is a good start. 

Colossians 1:21-23 And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before...

Christ's Death Provided Nothing. Christ's Death Gave Everything... to His Own. We often hear sermons telling us of "God's part" in salvation and "our part"."Christ's work on the cross is finished", it is said, "but now ...

2 Peter 2:1- But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon the...