We run our website the way we wished the whole internet worked: we provide high quality original content with no ads. We are funded solely by your direct support. Please consider supporting this project.
How is the Atonement Like an Economic Transaction? (podcast)
Greg considers a variety of metaphors for the atonement in another theologically musical episode.
Episode 542
Send Questions To:
Dan: @thatdankent
Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com
Twitter: @reKnewOrg
Greg’s new book: Inspired Imperfection
Dan’s new book: Confident Humility
Subscribe:
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Atonement, Penal Substitution View of Atonement
Related Reading
Podcast: What Do You Mean When You Say Jesus Entered Into Solidarity with Our Sin?
Greg talks about God’s passion for, unity with, and pursuit of his beloved bride. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0330.mp3
Atonement, Christus Victor & Aslan
No one illustrates this Christus Victor view of Christ’s work on the cross more beautifully than C.S. Lewis in his famous fantasy, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. The gist of the story is that four children find their way into another world called Narnia through a magical wardrobe. They quickly learn that an…
What Changed on the Cross? (podcast)
Greg talks the sin economy and if sin actually threatens God. Episode 473 The Interview: http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_CH_0473.mp3
God is Like a Trojan Horse
Yesterday, I introduced a basic understanding of the Christus Victor view of Christ’s work on the cross. [Click here to read it.] Today, I want to expand on this briefly. Because God is a God of love who gives genuine “say-so” to both angels and humans, God rarely accomplishes his providential plans through coercion. God…
Podcast: Defending the Manifesto (7 of 10)
Greg responds to challenges by William Lane Craig from Craig’s podcast “Reasonable Faith.“ Greg discusses atonement and the shortcomings of penal substitution theology. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0062.mp3
What Happened on the Cross?
Since the time of Anselm (11th century), and especially since the Reformation in the 16th century, the tendency of the Western church has been to focus almost all of its attention on the anthropological dimension of the atonement, usually to the neglect of the cosmic dimension that is central to the NT. In the standard…