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Recovering the Scandal of the Cross: Atonement in New Testament and Contemporary Contexts

Recovering the Scandal of the Cross: Atonement in New Testament and Contemporary Contexts

by Joel B. Green and Mark D. Baker

For the first-century Roman world the cross was first and foremost an instrument of shameful and violent execution. But early Christians, who had seen their world upended by the atoning power of the cross of Christ, came to view it in an entirely different light. Deeply scandalous, it was paradoxically glorious. For the cross of Christ marked the epochal sav… Read more…

The Nature of the Atonement: Four Views

The Nature of the Atonement: Four Views

by Joel B. Green, Thomas R. Schreiner, Gregory A. Boyd, Paul R. Eddy, James K. Beilby and Bruce Reichenbach

A long history of biblical exegesis and theological reflection has shaped our understanding of the atonement today. The more prominent highlights of this history have acquired familiar names for the household of faith: Christus Victor, penal substitutionary, subjective, and governmental.Recently the penal substitutionary view, and particularly its misappropr… Read more…

Body, Soul, and Human Life (Studies in Theological Interpretation): The Nature of Humanity in the Bible

Body, Soul, and Human Life (Studies in Theological Interpretation): The Nature of Humanity in the Bible

by Joel B. Green, Craig Bartholomew, Joel Green and Christopher Seitz

Are humans composed of a material body and an immaterial soul? This view is commonly held by Christians, yet it has been undermined by recent developments in neuroscience. Exploring what Scripture and theology teach about issues such as being in the divine image, the importance of community, sin, free will, salvation, and the afterlife, Joel Green argues tha… Read more…

Narrative Reading, Narrative Preaching: Reuniting New Testament Interpretation and Proclamation

Narrative Reading, Narrative Preaching: Reuniting New Testament Interpretation and Proclamation

by Joel B. Green and Michael PasquarelloIII

There is often an unfortunate division between the technical work of biblical scholars and the practical work of preachers who construct sermons each week. These two fields of study, which ought to be mutually informed and supportive, are more often practically divided by divergent methods, interests, and goals. Narrative Reading, Narrative Preaching aims to… Read more…


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