tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413255903635841208.post934002779988173195..comments2023-11-25T06:26:38.736-05:00Comments on On the Jericho Road: The Trinitarian DifferenceMichael Ruffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18387955769638547701noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413255903635841208.post-54463234431109953952008-05-28T19:43:00.000-04:002008-05-28T19:43:00.000-04:00Dim Lamp,I read that book as a requirement in a co...Dim Lamp,<BR/><BR/>I read that book as a requirement in a college theology course in 1977. As someone who had been raised in a fairly legalistic church environment, it was an epiphany for me. I'm still grateful. When that copy fell apart, I ordered a new one.Michael Ruffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18387955769638547701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413255903635841208.post-64557321652373249882008-05-25T11:04:00.000-04:002008-05-25T11:04:00.000-04:00I noticed on your profile that one of your favouri...I noticed on your profile that one of your favourite books was Living by Grace by William Hordern. He was my favourite professor at Lutheran Theological Seminary, a very gifted teacher and one of the best preachers I've been privileged to hear and learn from.<BR/><BR/>Dim LampAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413255903635841208.post-83225308055402469192008-05-23T07:16:00.000-04:002008-05-23T07:16:00.000-04:00Philip,Gerhard Barth wrote a little book called "H...Philip,<BR/><BR/>Gerhard Barth wrote a little book called "He Died For Us", in which he detailed the Biblical basis of 9 different interpretations of the rationale for Jesus' death. While none of them are the exclusive domain of Biblical witness, only the substitutionary is demonstrated as more than inference from Greek theology of the martyr-hero.<BR/><BR/>Mike,<BR/><BR/>I like the Latin term, Christopher B. Harbinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02349439033741221494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413255903635841208.post-36860289252331529302008-05-20T23:20:00.000-04:002008-05-20T23:20:00.000-04:00Don't you hate it when people miss the overall poi...Don't you hate it when people miss the overall point of your post and focus on a single detail that had nothing to do with your comments? :)<BR/><BR/>Seriously though, the various views of the atonement is a hot topic right now at SBTS and across evangelical lines. I am with you, it seems the cross of Christ is bigger than any one particular view. Having said that, most hardcore Moral PhilipMeade.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14433997081453084698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413255903635841208.post-45970768829617813202008-05-20T16:11:00.000-04:002008-05-20T16:11:00.000-04:00Philip,I'm not sure that I would accept that label...Philip,<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure that I would accept that label, although I see some correctness in the idea that Christ died to show God's love for us and that in seeing that could move one toward repentance and discipleship.<BR/><BR/>However, the meaning of the atonement is far too diverse to be confined to one "theory." Christ died for our sins and we are saved by grace through faith.<BR/><BR/>Michael Ruffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18387955769638547701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413255903635841208.post-65786308257489960202008-05-20T14:27:00.000-04:002008-05-20T14:27:00.000-04:00Mike,It seems from your paragraph on the entry poi...Mike,<BR/><BR/>It seems from your paragraph on the entry point of the cross that you hold to a moral influence view of the atonement. Is that a fair assessment?PhilipMeade.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14433997081453084698noreply@blogger.com