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April 2014

April 08, 2014

How’s Your Atonement?

As you may know, I'm completing a book on the atonement. It's called Did God Kill...

February 2014

February 12, 2014

God Is Not Eternal

Writing a book on the atonement is like peeling the layers of an onion. Everything...

January 2014

January 29, 2014

Which Side of the Cross Are You On?

Scot McKnight made an interesting observation this week: But the Abelardian and Girardian have an...

September 2013

September 12, 2013

Lay Your Sins on the E-Scapegoat!

We all want our sins atoned, right? On the eve of Yom Kippur, this is...

September 05, 2013

Initial Thoughts on René Girard

In the past couple years, I read a lot about René Girard, I've listened to...

February 2013

February 26, 2013

I Think Your Atonement Might Be Wrong [VIDEO]

November 2012

November 23, 2012

God Is Not “Perfect” [Questions That Haunt]

Questions That Haunt Christianity continues this week with a question from frequent commenter, Lausten North: If...

April 2012

April 06, 2012

A Better Atonement: Jesus Died for This

This week, as we prepare for Good Friday and Easter, we've have a post every...

April 05, 2012

A Better Atonement: Lean Left, Tony, Lean Left!

Try as he might, Peter Laarman can't help but sneer at my latest book. Just...Not...Progressive...

April 04, 2012

A Better Atonement: You’re a Pig in a Poke

Singer-songwriter Roger Flyer has submitted this take on the atonement (lyrics below the video): Pig-in-de-poke...

April 04, 2012

A Better Atonement: Nothing Is Solved by Murder

This week, as we prepare for Good Friday and Easter, we'll have a post every...

April 03, 2012

A Better Atonement: Maybe I Was Wrong about Original Sin

This week, as we prepare for Good Friday and Easter, we'll have a post every...

April 02, 2012

A Better Atonement: When Atonement Begins

This week, as we prepare for Good Friday and Easter, we'll have a post every...

March 2012

March 31, 2012

If Jesus’ Crucifixion Is the Solution, What’s the Problem?

I've got an article on Patheos's homepage. It's on -- you guessed it -- the...

March 30, 2012

A Better Atonement: Your Turn

We're on the brink of Holy Week. I have been absolutely heartened at the robust...

March 29, 2012

A Better Atonement: But Does It Preach?

It seems that the penal substitutionary atonement is so well liked in part because it...

March 21, 2012

A Better Atonement: Ransom Captive

Every Wednesday during Lent, I'm going to explore an alternatives to the penal substitutionary understanding...

March 20, 2012

A Better Atonement: The Book

My new ebook, A Better Atonement: Beyond the Depraved Doctrine of Original Sin is now...

March 14, 2012

Miroslav Volf: Gimme an Atonement, Hold the Wrath

March 14, 2012

A Better Atonement: Moral Exemplar

Every Wednesday during Lent, I'm going to explore an alternatives to the penal substitutionary understanding...

March 07, 2012

A Better Atonement: The Last Scapegoat

Every Wednesday during Lent, I'm going to explore an alternatives to the penal substitutionary understanding...

February 2012

February 29, 2012

A Better Atonement: Christus Victor

Every Wednesday during Lent, I'm going to explore an alternatives to the penal substitutionary understanding...

February 22, 2012

A Better Atonement: Union with God

Every Wednesday during Lent, I'm going to explore an alternatives to the penal substitutionary understanding...

April 2011

April 13, 2011

A Question about Penal Substitution

So, in the wake of all the Love Wins kerfuffle, I received an email from...

January 2011

January 04, 2011

The Possibility of Christian Universalism

Well, the issue of Christian universalism didn't "pop" last year, as I had predicted, but...

October 2010

October 27, 2010

Does God Require Blood?

That's the question that Mark Heim, professor of theology at Andover Newton Theological School asked...

May 2009

May 04, 2009

Why It Matters that Jesus REALLY Rose

Last week, I spent time with some new friends in Canada. Most of them were...

April 2009

April 14, 2009

A Straw Man on the Cross?

Some of my favorite commenters (like Annie) have accused me of "straw man" arguments this...

April 13, 2009

Do I Deny Penal Substitution?

No. I simply deny it pride of place. Here's what I wrote in October, 2006...

April 12, 2009

Why Jesus Rose

I'm on no quest to reject the penal substitutionary theory of the atonement (PSA). (I...