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Four Benefits Jesus Gives You at the Cross

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  • Adriel Sanchez

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

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Three Ways Jesus' Death Matters for Your Life

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  • Silverio Gonzalez

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

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Ten Things You Should Know about Penal Substitution

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  • Sam Storms

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.

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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
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Defending Definite Atonement

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  • Joel R. Beeke

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.

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Definite Atonement

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  • Joel R. Beeke

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.

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Is Death Customary?

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  • A. Elshout

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.

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Perfect Prize

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  • Mark Powell

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.

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Christ in Our Place: The Contribution of the Prepositions

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  • Ronald E. Davies

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).

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What Did the Cross Achieve? The Logic of Penal Substitution

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  • J. I. Packer

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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The Humiliation of Our Mediator

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  • Jason P. Van Vliet

How is Christ’s suffering unique? It is not the suffering itself that is unique, but the person who suffered. To explain this, the article looks at the incarnation, the suffering of Christ, the death of Christ, and his burial.

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Christ's Glory in His Death and Atonement

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  • Jerrold Lewis

The death of Christ and his atonement reveal his glory. Let this article show you how.

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Karl Rahner on the Death of Christ

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  • John W. Williams

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.

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Matthew 20:18-19 – Pentecost: To the Gentiles!

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  • Jack de Jong

This article on Matthew 20:18-19 is about the gospel going out to the gentiles, the death of Christ and Pentecost.

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The Intensity of Christ’s Love and the Intentionality of His Death

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  • John Piper

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.

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