CS Lewis on atonement theories

CS Lewis: "Now before I became a Christian I was under the impression that the first thing Christians had to believe was one particular theory as to what the point of this dying was. According to that theory God wanted to punish men for having deserted and joined the Great Rebel, but Christ volunteered to…Read more CS Lewis on atonement theories

The death of Jesus as victory

  “Christ died and rose again for this very purpose—to be Lord both of the living and of the dead.” ---Romans 14:9 NLT (cf. Rom 1:4, Matt 28:18, Acts 17:31, Rev 1:18) More and more in my scripture reading I have been noticing support for the Christus Victor ** model of the atonement, particularly in…Read more The death of Jesus as victory