Some helpful clarification. With emphasis and reformatting by Michael Johnson of the Desiring God blog. We strongly reject, therefore, every explanation of the death of Christ which does not have at its centre the principle of ‘satisfaction thorough substitution’, indeed divine self-satisfaction through divine self-substitution. The cross was not: —a commercial bargain with the devil, …
A contribution by Peter Bolt on the notion that the Easter story has never appealed to rationalistic thinking. At the core of the Christian gospel lies some abject nonsense. But the real question is: what kind of nonsense is it? The Christian message is not a matter of opinion (although it certainly has a bearing …
Interesting thoughts from Jill Carattini on Ravi Zacharias’ website. Gordon Hempton is of the opinion that you can count on one hand the places in the United States where you can sit for twenty minutes without hearing a generator, a plane, or some other mechanized sound. (His estimation is all the more dreary for Europe.) …
Bible Gateway have posted a timeline graphic of ‘Holy Week’ (the week of Jesus’ death and resurrection). It is available as a high-resolution image and PDF. Read some background detail to the graphic at the Bible Gateway blog. HT: Dash House.
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