Join the Revolution!
The message for us, then, is plain. Forget the “works contract,” with its angry, legalistic divinity. Forget the false either/or that plays different “theories of atonement” against one another. Embrace…
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The Redemption Story
And with all this we lift up our eyes and realize that when the New Testament tells us the meaning of the cross, it gives us not a system, but…
New-Creation Work
Evangelism needs to be flanked with new-creation work in the realms of justice and beauty. If we are talking about the victory over evil and the launch of new creation,…
Power
Something has happened, clearly, that has unleashed this new kind of power into the world. That something is the chain-breaking, idol-smashing, sin-abandoning power called “forgiveness,” called “utter gracious love,” called…
It’s About Love.
This should not put us off. A world full of people who read and pray the Sermon on the Mount, or even a world with only a few such people…
God’s Covenant Plan
The point about the Messiah’s death [in Romans 3], then, is that it demonstrates in action the faithfulness of God to his covenant plan — the plan to rescue the…
Self-Giving Love
Jesus was innocent, yet he died the death of the guilty. But notice what overall narrative frames this statement (in 2 Corinthians 5:21). It is not the quasi-pagan narrative of…
In Accordance With the Bible
The goal, over against the Platonizing distortions, is the fulfillment of the promise to Abraham to give the worldwide inheritance (see Rom. 4:13) to his entire single family. The problem…
Make the Story Our Own
Even before we get to Paul, we find the challenge of the cross reaching us in quite new ways. It is indeed revolutionary. Nothing is lost. We do not (of…
Redemption
When God looks at sin, what he sees is what a violin maker would see if the player were to use his lovely creation as a tennis racquet. But here…