IF we would investigate the very doctrine of Atonement which God’s Word sets forth, — avoiding arbitrary and capricious speculations, and illegitimate and useless trains of thought,—it must be laid…
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The Latin dramatist Horace has given a rule of dramatic art to which John Calvin refers in our present context. It is that a god must not be introduced into…
I was stimulated to do a little study on the meaning of the Greek word agorazo (translated bought) in 2 Peter 2:1 by a chapter in Tom Wells recent book,…
‘Thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin.‘ – Isaiah 53:10. Both Jews and Gentiles knew pretty well what an offering for sin meant. The Gentiles had been in…
There is no safer clue for the student through this perplexed subject, than to take this proposition; which, to every Calvinist, is nearly as indisputable as a truism; Christ’s design…
The following selection is part of Owen’s discussion of chapter 20 of Thomas More’s The Universality of God’s Free Grace. It is one of the finest statements anywhere of the…
Atonement is the term that has come to be widely used to denote the substitutionary work of Christ which culminated in the sacrifice of Calvary. The term occurs frequently in…
‘For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse; for It Is written, ‘Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all the things…
It is unspeakably sad that the atoning death of the Lord Jesus Christ-the most wonderful event that has ever happened or will happen-should have been made the occasion of contention…
In dealing with the nature of the atonement it is well to try to discover some comprehensive category under which the various aspects of Biblical teaching may be subsumed. The…
THE priestly work of Christ, or at least that part of it in which He offered Himself up as a sacrifice to satisfy divine justice and reconcile us to God,…
LAST Sunday afternoon, in outlining the Biblical teaching about the work of Christ in satisfying for us the claims of God’s law, I said nothing about one very important part…
HAVING observed last week what are the leading views that have been held regarding the cross of Christ, we turn now to the Bible in order to discover which of…
Introduction The most important and significant event in history was the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Most people know that Jesus was crucified almost 2,000 years ago in Palestine. Many people…
Chapter 2 The Nature of the Atonement The section on the necessity of the atonement dealt primarily with the question: Why did Jesus have to suffer and die a bloody…
Appendix An Examination of How Judaism Denies the Vicarious Atonement of Jesus Christ In order to help Christians understand Judaism and therefore witness to Jews more effectively, an examination of…
The two great objectives to be accomplished by Jesus Christ in His mission to this world were, first, the removal of the curse under which mankind labored as a result…
If we compare the manner in which the service of the world’s greatest men have been rendered, and that in which Christ’s work of redemption was rendered, we are immediately…
Before we can have any adequate understanding or appreciation of the work that Christ has done for us it is necessary that we know something of the nature and effect…
We have said that the two great objectives to be accomplished by Christ in His mission to this world are, first, the removal of the curse under which His people…
In numerous places in Scripture Christ’s work of redemption is declared to have been accomplished through the payment of a ransom. Nowhere is this set forth more clearly than in…
We have said that at the beginning of the race Adam stood not only for himself but as the federal head and representative of the entire human race which was…
