David Murray was disappointed by aspects of James Hamilton’s well received book God’s Glory Through Judgment, (which he otherwise commends) which he inferred to mean that the Israelites were saved through a mixture of faith, sacrifices and obedience in this post. In a following post Murray provides his own understanding of the Old Testament sacrificial …
Substitutionary atonement is sometimes caricatured as an angry father abusing his own son. The son placates the father and brings him around to an attitude he doesn’t want to have… Carl Trueman explores the implications of Christ’s presence at the right hand of the Father and demonstrates the unity and harmony of the Trinity in …
A helpful contrast collated by Martin Downes which demonstrates how those purporting to defend God’s honour by their abandonment of substitutionary atonement really only drag God down to their level. Four voices. Only one of them resembles the tone and accent of the Master. Faustus Socinus (1578) As we saw elsewhere Paul likewise instructs us …
An interesting contrast that I don’t recall reading about before from Russell Moore: When the disciples screamed in the face of a storm, Jesus slept (Mk. 4:37-38). When Jesus screamed in the face of a cross, the disciples slept (Mk. 14:37,41). Why could Jesus sleep so peacefully through a life-threatening sea-storm, and yet is awake …
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