category: atonement

... commentary on Romans , for example , Douglas Moo has recently defended the traditional attribution to Paul of a doctrine of divine wrath and retribution.54 What distinguishes Moo from other critical commentators on Romans is his austere ...

... God . Human being " bes " as partner and friend of divine being . The Catholic answer , therefore , insists explicitly that the question " What is man ? " cannot be answered adequately without also answering the cognate questions " What ...

... the secret covenant between the parties ( it might as well be no- where ) , but in the public proclamation . And it ... full atonement for the ten , though in the event but five accept the offer . But still the mind cleaves to the idea of ...

... Abel's sacrifice was more accept- able than that of Cain . In the one , there was an admission of the guilt of sin ... allusion . Cain's offering was a gift ; Abel's , a sacrifice . The one assumed the posture of an innocent person ...

... 30,000 gods . Their heroes were deified , and their gods were exalted in proportion to their supposed prowess . When Paul preached at Athens " certain philosophers of the Epicureans and of the Stoicks , encountered him . And some said ...

This volume conveniently collects together three related short studies by Professor Hengel, The Son of God, Crucifixion and The Atonement.

This classic study examines the Lamb of God as both a biblical theme and as the person of Jesus Christ.

... ransom them from the power of the grave ; I will redeem them from death . " By ransoming his peopl from their enemies , and from the power of the grave , we are not to understand that the Almighty suffered as a surety in their room and ...

... merit ! Mean- time their standards are let down to the lowest point of attainment ; for if they deem it an essential part of their piety to keep up their confessions , it will be somewhat natural , at least , to live in a manner to do ...

... Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus , Creon , the unfortunate hero's great antagonist , is indeed his own uncle . The specific relationship nephew - uncle , however , plays no special role . As soon as the " groundless suspicion " arises ...

... atonement . A. Was the atonement UNIQUE ? Is there or could there be a comparable or similar work ? Is the atonement something so different that it stands alone or are there other works which equal it ? The saving work of Christ can ...

... God . the tree . 2. The curfe of the law , is the wrath of God taken paffively ... heaven and earth for a refting - place ; and perceives an ocean , a flood ... cannot reach by its own flight , and to hell it is unwilling to fall : if ...

... part of religious discourse : so it is not enough to take them as merely ... 1 merely by making sure that the acoustics are satisfactory . The students ... cosmic disclosure . In one way or another , a parable contrives to point to ...

... it is dicult to see the justice in God giving His only begotten Son, who was without sin, to the Devil so that sinners might be set free. (ii) e theory is clearly contrary to scripture in that it attributes the setting free of sinners ...

John Scott Lidgett. the death of Christ is a " relaxation " of the law . And this relaxation God as ruler is competent to make But while the forgiveness of sins is entirely within the divine prerogative , it is expedient , for the ...