Tweets and Wise Words ~ Andrew Hall

When Justine Sacco, a PR executive for the internet giant InterActive Corp was heading overseas, she posted a tweet to her social media account on Twitter that was tongue-in-cheek: “Going to Africa.  Hope I don’t get AIDS.  Just kidding.  I’m white!”...

Paying the Penalty ~ Luke Burrow

Part Five of the Atonement “For the wages of sin is death.” This is the first half of what the apostle Paul wrote  in Romans 6:23, and it emphasizes the reality that sin is serious and carries serious consequences. We don’t spend a lot of time in our modern...

Satisfaction ~ Andrew Hall

Part Four of The Atonement Not long ago I was speaking to someone about a court case that had come to completion. The verdict had been delivered, and the family commented that they were “satisfied” with the decision.  The language struck me – to be satisfied with...

The Cost of Forgiveness ~ Luke Burrow

Part Three of the Atonement When we look back to the Old Testament, we see that God had a plan to save his people from the very beginning. In Genesis 3, God promised a Saviour would come from the seed of the woman to crush the head of the serpent. After that, he...

Why The Cross? ~ Andrew Hall

Part Two of The Atonement Why did Jesus come to die? This might sound like a simple question until you start to explore what the Bible has to say. For most people who are familiar with evangelical reasoning, the answer is simple: Christ died to forgive me of my sins....

The Centrality of the Cross ~ Luke Burrow

Part One of The Atonement Having spent the last few weeks thinking about the law and the gospel, it would be very natural for us to ask a question in response: how was the gospel actually accomplished? The answer lies in the Cross of Christ, and, in theological terms,...