Atonement – Page 2 – A Thimble-full of Theology for Daily Living

He Shall Prolong His Days – Isaiah 53:10-12

Did Jesus deserve to die? Did he need to be resurrected? He did not deserve to die. He was sinless. And the resurrection is proof of that and of God’s acceptance of Jesus’ sacrifice.

The Sacrificed Servant – Isaiah 53:4-6

One Jewish interpretation of Isaiah 53 is that the suffering servant is Israel and the griefs and sorrows Israel has carried are the griefs and sorrows of the nations. In fact, their punishment of Israel

A Primer on Atonement

Atonement Defense of the Faith
/ By Randall Johnson

Various Views or Theories of the Atonement Governmental: God has shown how seriously He hates sin by punishing His Son. Moral influence: God has shown how much He loves us by sacrificing His Son. Example:

Leviathan – Isaiah 27

At mythology.net there is a page dedicated to sea monsters. Every sea going culture has had stories of them. Were the stories of them spawned actual creatures of the sea which were misidentified, or

The Only Sin Eater – Isaiah 25:1-8

My wife and I read a book by Francine Rivers called The Last Sin Eater. The practice of sin eating involves one person in the community eating food onto which the sins of a deceased person have been

Thanksgiving Day – Isaiah 12

I like reading the testimonies on Answering Islam of Muslims from all over the world who have come to Christ. I read about Farid, a Russian who grew up in a Muslim home but was an atheist until he learned

Whom Shall I Send – Isaiah 6

I came across three definitions of “defining moment”: 1) a point at which the essential nature or character of a person, group, etc., is revealed or identified, 2) the time that shows very

White as Snow – Isaiah 1:18-20

When I was sixteen and new to Memphis and our church, my dad made me go to a youth meeting at the church. I did not want to go, even arguing, to no avail, that the Bible was written by men and therefore

Redemption and Inheritance – Ephesians 1:7-12

A colleague was telling me how one day when she was having a bad time of things she snapped at her 9 year old daughter and later had to come back to her and tell her she was sorry, that she was having

Calvary’s Drama – Matthew 27:45-56

It is always a source of amusement to me in the old James Bond movies, like Goldfinger, that the villain comes up with some extraordinary way to execute Bond that takes time to happen, then leaves. Of

Humiliation That Saves – Matthew 27:27-44

I was reading an article in Psychology Today about humiliation. The author was noting that “humiliation is something that is brought upon us by others. Tommy confides to his teacher that he has not

Washed Hands – Matthew 27:11-26

In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the wife of Macbeth is struggling with the murders they have committed to secure the throne of Scotland for themselves. She descends into madness, constantly trying

Innocent Blood – Matthew 27:1-10

Single mom, Nancy Simpson, tells how her 10 year old son received training at school for how to respond during a tornado. He had been taught to seek shelter in the lowest part of the building and that

Abandoned: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 15:33-41)

A young friend of mine was abandoned by her grandmother on the streets of Addis Ababa when she was just a young girl. Her parents had died and her grandmother could no longer afford to take care of her.

Mocked: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 15:16-32)

The word “mock” can mean to speak derisively of someone, to mimic someone or thing, or to deride someone by mimicking them. It is a hateful and despicable way to treat someone and reveals the

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