Penal Substitution View of Atonement
Can You Hold a Cruciform Theology AND a Penal Substitution View of Atonement? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Cruciform Theology, Penal Substitution View of Atonement
If you view the cross as the outlet of God’s wrath, then the violence in the Old Testament seems to make perfect sense. Greg responds. Episode 614 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0614.mp3
Why Did Jesus Die on the Cross?
Category: General
Tags: Atonement, Christus Victor, Crucifixion, Jesus, Penal Substitution View of Atonement, Satan, Warfare Worldview
Topics: Christus Victor view of Atonement
If asked why Jesus had to die on the cross, most Christians today would immediately answer, “To pay for my sins.” Jesus certainly paid the price for our sins, but it might surprise some reader…
How is the Atonement Like an Economic Transaction? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Atonement, Penal Substitution View of Atonement
Greg considers a variety of metaphors for the atonement in another theologically musical episode. Episode 542 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0542.mp3
Atonement: What is the Christus Victor View?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Atonement, Christus Victor, Cruciform Theology, God's Wrath, Jesus, Penal Substitution View of Atonement, Satan
Topics: Christus Victor view of Atonement
Most western Christians today understand the atonement as a sort of legal-transaction that took place between the Father and the Son that got humanity “off the hook.” The legal-transaction scenario goes something like this: God’s…
Podcast: Defending the Manifesto (8 of 10 )
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Covenant, Penal Substitution View of Atonement, Salvation
Greg responds to challenges by William Lane Craig from Craig’s podcast “Reasonable Faith.“ Greg discusses salvation, specifically whether Paul understands salvation in primarily legal terms versus covenantal terms. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0063.mp3
Podcast: Defending the Manifesto (7 of 10)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Atonement, Christus Victor, Crucifixion, Penal Substitution View of Atonement, Satan
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
10 Problems with the Penal Substitution View of the Atonement
Category: General
Tags: Atonement, Christus Victor, Cross, Penal Substitution View of Atonement
Topics: Atonement and The Cross
If asked what Jesus came to do and how he did it, most contemporary Western Christians would automatically say something like, “Jesus took the punishment from God that I deserved.” This is what’s usually called…
Cheap Grace and Consumer Christianity
Category: General
Tags: Atonement, Consumerism, Kingdom Living, Penal Substitution View of Atonement
Topics: Atonement and The Cross, Following Jesus
The “cheap grace” Gospel sells well in America. We live in a culture of consumerism that conditions us to habitually look for “the best deal.” We’re more or less trained from birth to live in…
The Danger of the Penal Substitution View of Atonement
Category: General
Tags: Atonement, Forgiveness, Jesus, Kingdom Living, Penal Substitution View of Atonement, Sin, Transformation
Topics: Atonement and The Cross
About 25 years ago I was traveling on the freeway to somewhere or other and I stopped at a truck stop to get a bite to eat. I sat down at the counter next to…
Atonement, Christus Victor, & Aslan Pt 2: Who Demands a Kill?
Category: General
Tags: Atonement, C.S. Lewis, Christus Victor, Chronicles of Narnia, Penal Substitution View of Atonement
Topics: Atonement and The Cross
For part 1 of 2, click here. It’s important to notice that it was the wicked Queen, not Aslan, who demands that Edmund be killed in accordance with the Deep Magic of justice. Christian’s have…
Penal Substitution View of Atonement: Did God the Father Just Need to Vent?
Category: Essays
Tags: Atonement, Essay, Forgiveness, God, God's Wrath, Jesus, Penal Substitution View of Atonement, Picture of God, Sin
Topics: Atonement and The Cross
In this video blog, Greg outlines the penal substitution view of atonement which says that the Father poured out his wrath on Jesus instead of us so that we could be forgiven. This view is…