By: David M. Moffitt If we know one thing about sacrifice, we know this: Sacrifice was about killing animals on altars. Artistic renderings and online videos depicting animals lying bound and/or slaughtered on an altar…
By: Christopher Woznicki Among certain Protestants—especially those within the evangelical-Reformed tradition—the penal substitutionary model of atonement of atonements holds a prominent place. On a weekly basis…
By: Oliver D. Crisp Down through the centuries many Christians have believed that the right way to think about how Christ is said to reconcile fallen human beings to Godself is in terms of his receiving the punishment…
By: Carl Mosser It is frequently observed that the ecumenical creeds say little about the nature of atonement. While that is true, the most prominent confessions of the Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox churches agree…
By Carl Mosser For more than seven centuries after Anselm, Western theologians commonly employed the concept of satisfaction to explain biblical texts related to sin, sacrifice, forgiveness, and the redemptive…
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