death of Christ

Four Benefits Jesus Gives You at the Cross

What good does the death of Christ on the cross provide for you? This article provides four benefits.

Three Ways Jesus' Death Matters for Your Life

How does the death of Christ shape Christianity? This article explains three ways in which Christ's death affects your Christian life.

Ten Things You Should Know about Penal Substitution

The doctrine of penal substitution teaches that the death of Christ was in our place as a payment for our sins. This article explains ten things you need to know on the issue.

Who delivered up Jesus to die? Not Judas, for money; not Pilate, for fear; not the Jews, for envy; but the Father, for love! Octavius Winslow

Defending Definite Atonement

For whom did Christ die? The biblical answer is that the death of Christ atoned for the sins of a definite number of people. This is the doctrine of definite atonement or limited atonement. This truth, however, is not accepted by all. This article tackles the objections against limited atonement.

Definite Atonement

For whom did Christ die? The biblical answer is that the death of Christ atoned for the sins of a definite number of people. This is the doctrine of definite atonement or limited atonement. This article explains the biblical ground of this teaching.

Is Death Customary?

How should Christians think about death? This article explains that on the basis of the death of Christ, Christians must see their death as benefit.

Perfect Prize

What did the death of Christ on the cross achieve? This article looks at three major ways in which people have understood the significance of Christ's death: the moral influence theory, the Christus victor theory, and the penal substitution view of the atonement. The author indicates how the third point of view has the most biblical support.

Christ in Our Place: The Contribution of the Prepositions

This study considers two of the prepositions used in New Testament statements on the subject of the atonement to see what contribution they have to make. Four prepositions are used in the New Testament statements about the death of Christ, but only two are examined here, i. e. "for" (ἀντί) and "on behalf of/for the sake of/for the beneft of" (ὐπέρ).

What Did the Cross Achieve? The Logic of Penal Substitution

This essay attempts to explain the belief that the death of Christ on the cross had the character of penal substitution, and that it was by virtue of this fact that it brought salvation to mankind. First, the author clears up some questions of method. He then continues to explore what it means to call Christ's death substitutionary.

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