A Community Called Atonement (Living Theology) (edit title)

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Liked It Rated 5 stars “The nature of the Atonement has, unfortunately, become a rather hot button issue in many theological circles. I say unfortunately by no means because I think it unimportant, but rather because of the tenor of the debate with all sides picking one atonement theory as 'biblical' and attacking the...” see full review » see other reviews »

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  “The nature of the Atonement has, unfortunately, become a rather hot button issue in many theological circles. I say unfortunately by no means because I think it unimportant, but rather because of the tenor of the debate with all sides picking one atonement theory as 'biblical' and attacking the rest. This might be most true of the penal-substitution camp, because they are most invested in their theory and so also have the most to lose.
  
  McKnight in 'A Community Called Atonement' carefully, clearly, and eruditely steers a path which while placing a heavy emphasis on penal-substitution, shows that the Atonement is bigger than any of our theories and so all of them have a place in explaining the deep mystery of God's atoning work.
  
  I appreciate the richness of the Atonement so much more after reading this book, and liked McKnight's focus on 'catching other people being right' instead of the usual 'find one area your opponent is wrong and drill that into the ground' approach one often sees.
  
  Also, I think his argument that the atonement is something to be lived in our relationship with God, others, and the world (rather than only believed) is quite a valuable insight.
  
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  Mason wrote this review Friday, December 5 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “A little heady until the end...if you get bogged down while reading, skip to chapter 13! From there on it is completely inspiring!!!”

  mickfish wrote this review Sunday, February 24 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No