What Is the Atonement?
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Five succinct sections establish the importance of Jesus’ atonement for faith, ministry, and life. This brief booklet is an ideal tool for small group discussions on an increasingly important subject.
Top Highlights
“In short, the biblical doctrine of the atonement lies at the center of all saving truth and holds together all essential Christian doctrines.” (Page 8)
“The purpose of the Lord’s Supper was to unite the disciples in faith in Christ’s death and its significance for them.” (Page 5)
“The difference is that God does not require man to make the sacrifice to propitiate his wrath against sin, nor could we do so. God’s love is shown in that he provided the sacrifice to propitiate his own wrath. In the very situation wherein we had no sacrifice worthy enough to avert his holy revulsion toward us as sinners, God gave his own Son to die for us.” (Page 13)
“This means that God set forward Jesus, his Son, to pacify his own wrath toward our sin.” (Page 11)
“that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures” (Page 8)