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

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

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.

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).

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.

During the 1970s Karl Rahner was one of the most popular theologians in the Roman Catholic Church. This essay considers Rahner's view of the salvific value of the death of Christ and the significance of the atonement.

The death of Christ was an intentional laying down of his life. We must recognize how utterly intentional it was in order to appreciate the intensity of his love.