The Atonement of God: Building Your Theology on a Crucivision of God - Softcover

Myers, J. D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1939992427 ISBN 13: 9781939992420

Publisher: Redeeming Press, 2016

Synopsis

After reading this book, you will NEVER read the Bible the same way again.

By reading this book, you will learn to see God in a whole new light. You will also learn to see yourself in a whole new light, and learn to live life in a whole new way.

The book begins with a short explanation of the various views of the atonement, including an explanation and defense of the "Non-Violent View" of the atonement. This view argues that God did not need or demand the death of Jesus in order to forgive sins. In fact, God has never been angry with us at all, but has always loved and always forgiven.

Following this explanation of the atonement, J. D. Myers takes you on a journey through 10 areas of theology which are radically changed and transformed by the Non-Violent view of the atonement.

Read this book, and let your life and theology look more and more like Jesus Christ!

About this title

From the Author:

This is one of the most important books I have written so far, but really, it is only an introduction to many of the themes which I imagine will consume most of my writing efforts for years to come. The 10 areas of theology which I discuss in Part 2 of the book will find fuller explanation and defense in future books and podcasts. Read this book now to get a head start in those future conversations.

From the Back Cover:

Did Jesus die so that God could forgive us for our sins? Many believe so.

The most ancient view of the atonement teaches that Jesus did not die to appease the wrath of God or gain forgiveness for human sin, but rather to defeat sin, death, and the devil, and reveal to us the unconditional love and grace of God. This was a Non-Violent view of the atonement. Yes, the death of Jesus was violent, but the violence was not because God needed blood to pay the debt of sin. It is not God who killed Jesus to satisfy God's wrath toward sin. Jesus died for completely different reasons.

Due to various circumstances in church history, this view fell out of favor for much of Christian history, but Non-Violent views of the atonement are making a comeback today.

In this book, J. D. Myers presents three of the common violent views of the atonement, and then explains and defends the core ideas of the Non-Violent view, which is often referred to as the Christus Victor view.

Following this explanation of the Non-Violent view of the atonement, J. D. Myers shows how this view of the atonement sheds light on numerous others areas of theology as well, such as our view of God, Scripture, humanity, sin, forgiveness, violence, and justice. A Non-Violent view of the atonement has great ramifications on nearly every area of theology.

Read this book so that your life and theology will look more like Jesus Christ.

This book also includes studies on how to understand the wrath of God in Scripture and the meaning of Hebrews 9:22.

About this edition

• Publisher: Redeeming Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1939992427
• ISBN 13: 9781939992420
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 234