Posted in atonement, cross, Media, One God Conference, Sean's Articles on June 1st, 2008 30 Comments »
Presented by John Obelenus at the One God Conference, Seattle WA June 1st 2008, commentary by Sean Finnegan. Click here to listen.
John seeks to deal with two major issues related to Jesus’ death for our sins: (1) the notion that God identifies with us through the incarnation and atonement (2) a flawed understanding of penal substitution.
Posted in atonement, cross, John's Articles, Media, Sean's Articles, The Cross of Christ, Theological Conference on April 28th, 2008 1 Comment »
Click here to listen to Jesus and Atonement delivered by John Obelenus, Apr 28th 2008, Atlanta Georgia. Commentary by Sean Finnegan.
John’s big idea is summarized in this statement, “We must make sense of Jesus’ crucifixion in light of his ministry, and his ministry in light of his crucifixion.”
Jesus’ self understanding of his ministry is founded upon Isaiah 61 (as reflected both in his first sermon (Lk 4) and in his response to John the Baptist’s inquiry (Mt 11).
Posted in atonement, cross, Media, The Cross of Christ on April 1st, 2008 No Comments »
Thought this was creative.