Atonement

LIBERTY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

ATONEMENT

AN ESSAY
SUBMITTED TO DOCTOR ABOGUNRIN


IN partial derivative FULLFILLMENT
OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COURSE
THEO 510

BY
LYNDA L. DURRETT
October 20, 2011

Atonement

In comparison of townspeoples manipulation of the textbook and the condition I found Towns treatment the more favorable of the two. Atonement or the reconciliation mingled with God and humans brought about by the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus is address by Towns, through careful explanation of requirements for the atonement and the various views of these requirements.
Towns provides the reader tangible and hardheaded information on atonement. He provides an overview of the Calvinistic View or the Anselmian theory in the direction of penal substitution. Towns also presents the Armenian view and demonstrates the strengths and weaknesses of both contrasting each with scripture.
In the textbook Towns explains a bound view of atonement that Calvinist possess, explaining it does not stand with the leger as it limits reconciliation with God. This view of atonement claims that rescuer died for still the elected ones and thitherfore there is only repurchase for a select chosen group of individuals.




In contrast the bind provides the reader with several extremely detailed definitions of atonement and the various theories. The article details the requirements of man for atonement as does Towns. The article presents the reader with the viewpoint of
Particular redemption as does Towns, with arguments presented in favor of found in the article and Towns showing evidence against particular redemption.
The article provides an overview of the three principal theories. The first of these theories is the Anselmian or sacrificial, where the Christs sacrifice is the atonement for humanity. In this theory there are two forms known as the political and the satisfaction. The governmental contends that the work of Christ met the demands of the law and...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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