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Incarnation and Atonement

Posted in atonement, cross, Media, One God Conference, Sean's Articles on June 1st, 2008 10 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.

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Jesus and Atonement

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.”

    His outline followed these points

  1. Jesus’ ministry defined by Isaiah
  2. Substitution from Isaiah
  3. Jesus’ actions as substitution
  4. Jesus’ claims about power in light of atonement
  5. Jesus’ authority challenge leads to trial
  6. Crucifixion as substitution
  7. Resurrection
  8. Conclusion
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Isaiah 53 Video

Posted in atonement, cross, Media, The Cross of Christ on April 1st, 2008 No Comments »

Thought this was creative.

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