40 Questions about the Atonement (40 Questions Series)
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Succinct, biblical answers about the role and fundamental importance of the doctrine of the atonement. Atonement sits at the very heart of Christian doctrine, describing believers’ status as “being one again” with God through Jesus Christ. It is the culmination of God’s work of reconciliation, simultaneously defining believers’ relationship with God while also describing how that relationship is restored. Because of this, how one understands atonement has a profound impact on how one views and understands God, salvation, and human nature.
New Testament scholar Channing L. Crisler offers a robust foundation for understanding the divine mystery of atonement, drawing on biblical and historical witnesses to answer pertinent questions, such as:
Through its question-and-answer format, 40 Questions About the Atonement provides an expansive introduction to the doctrine of atonement, inviting the reader to wade into this divine mystery with curiosity and awe.
- Offers a robust foundation for understanding the divine mystery of atonement
- Draws on biblical and historical witnesses to answer pertinent questions
- Features a question-and-answer format
- Part 1: The Need for Atonement
- Part 2: Theories of Atonement
- Part 3: Views on Atonement in the Christian Tradition and World Religions
- Part 4: The Logic of Atonement
- Part 5: The Implications of Christ’s Atoning Work
As a former seminarian and current pastor and evangelist, I’ve recently sensed a more urgent need to teach Christians theology while also noticing how difficult it is to teach anyone almost anything of true substance in our distracted, screen-addicted culture. That is why I was excited to see my friend Channing Crisler write 40 Questions About the Atonement. This is a truly helpful book written in a format that is easy to read for the student, the scholar, and the everyday believer who only has 15 minutes to spare on their lunch break. It’s conversational. It’s also both biblical and practical, which I find refreshing as well as spiritually nourishing. I think this book is a gift to the church as well as the academy
—Clayton King, Pastor, evangelist, and author of Reborn and Stronger
On a single page, Channing Crisler references J. I. Packer and Mark Dever, Anselm of Canterbury, Georges Florovsky, Richard Hays, and 1 Corinthians— an approach indicative of the book as a whole: saturated in Scripture, sensitive to the history of the church, ecumenical in scope but evangelical in spirit, and attuned to the breadth, depth, and nuances of this great doctrine. For those who have questions about the death and resurrection of Jesus, this is a great resource capturing the spirit of a joyful, charitable, and confident evangelicalism
—Adam Johnson, Associate Professor of Theology, Torrey Honors College, Biola University