The Narrow Path Ministries

Hi all,

Can anyone recommend some good books on the atonement that teach the different views of it (governmental, penal substitution, etc...)?

Thanks in advance!

Derek Prince, who was a pentecostal... .. scholar (?) if you will, wrote a book on the atonement, called "Atonement". I can't say that he deals with issues you may be looking for and I have not read it, but he is a good read.

I read a great little book by him on fasting.

I'll check it out.

Thanks bro,

You can find an excellent article on the atonement at:

www.johnmarkhicks.faithsite.com

Click on "Academic Articles", then go to Oct. 11, 2000, "Atonement: A Biblical Theological Perspective". I have read many excellent articles and books by Hicks.

Stott's " The Cross", John Murray's " Redeption Accomplished and Applied", And a brief little read entitled "Institutes"

Hi, Derek,

One of my professors at George Fox Evangelical Seminary has written a book on rethinking the atonement, which will be published next month. I have not read the final edit of the text, but I have read draft material for it, and he has ideas that are worth thinking about. Dr. Shelton is critical of penal substitutionary theory (which is a seriously flawed model, from my own perspective).

Cross and Covenant: Interpreting the Atonement for 21st Century Mission by R. Larry Shelton

It's already on Amazon.

Shalom,
Emmet

"Seriously flawed". Good word choice. I discovered this some time ago, and am working on a booklet, of which I have posted initital drafts of 3 chapters. See "The Ultimate Sacrifice of Jesus Christ" under "Essays".
I will be interested in obtaining Dr. Shelton's book.

Can anyone recommend some good books on the atonement that teach the different views of it (governmental, penal substitution, etc...)?

Here's an interesting viewpoint on the topic:

http://www.thepaulpage.com/Atonement.htm

Here's another article that delineates the various views:

http://mb-soft.com/believe/text/atonemen.htm

Also, there's a fantastic book entitled "The History of Christian Thought" by Jonathan Hill which gives a chronological overview of Christian theologians (from the 1st century to modern times) and the development of various areas of Christian theology, including the atonement.