Limited atonement is a specifically Calvinist or “Reformed” doctrine. It holds that Christ died not for all men, but only for the elect — those whose eternal destiny is heaven. Other Christians, ...

Most basic theological terms come from Greek or Latin, but one sprang from English: atonement. Here, the –ment suffix is used to refer to the result of something, like amazement is the result of ...

(RNS) — In recent decades, some Christians have moved away from the theory of penal substitutionary atonement, which summons up the idea of an angry God who needs to be appeased. (RNS) — When he ...

I cannot believe that any doctrine of Scripture—least of all the doctrine of Atonement, which is represented in Scripture as the revelation of the innermost heart of God to man, the central and ...

Perhaps our most famous Christian account of redemption is commonly known as substitutionary atonement. It runs something like this: in the beginning, God created the earth, and it was good—but then ...

Giving expression to a point of view which is becoming increasingly popular in some circles, Vincent Taylor writes, “More and more students of comparative religion, and of Old Testament worship in ...

DALLAS — Is one of the most oft-cited Bible verses used to support the atonement actually about the Apostle Paul? At the conclusion of “Exploring Philippians with N.T. Wright,” a three-day conference ...

The strength of a faith tradition depends on who sets its moral terms. Stark and Bainbridge note that religions survive when their core convictions stay distinct from the culture around them-yet many ...