The Truth Project
Compares ways Christians have understood the cross, including forgiveness, liberation, substitution, reconciliation, victory, and healing.
John 1:9-12; Acts 7:52; John 1:5; John 10:18; Eph. 3:17-20; Phil. 2:6-7; Rev. 13:8; 2 Cor. 5:19
Tom Wright, in his book, The Day the Revolution Began, struck a nerve with the candor of his critique of any gospel that implies, “God so hated the world that he killed his only Son.” Of course, laying bare that image of God draws charges...
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Acts 2:14-40; Acts 3:12-26; Acts 4:5-12; Acts 8:5; Acts 10:28-47; Acts 11:4-18; Acts 14:3-7; Acts 15:7-11
QUESTION:“If not to appease the wrath of an angry God, then WHY did Jesus NEED to die? If to conquer Satan, sin and death, WHY did Jesus NEED to die? Couldn’t he just declare it?”Why did Jesus need to die? Okay, I can accept that it’s not...
Romans 5:12; John 1:14; Philippians 2:6; Romans 8:38; John 14:9; Colossians 1:15; Isaiah 53:5; Acts 2:23
I really love this question, because it opens up something way deeper than the version of the gospel a lot of us were taught. The one that feels more like a legal transaction than a story of love.Here’s where I’m at with it now. I don’t...
Matt. 6:15; Matt. 18:21-35; Lk. 7:48; Mal. 3:6; Heb. 13:8; 1 Cor. 6:19-20; Rom. 6:23; Rom. 6:6
Today’s homily is going to be longer and more catechetical than my typical homily. Since many of our people are recent converts, I want to discuss the theological significance of Christ’s death upon the Cross. Almost anyone growing up...
What is Mercy? Mercy is often taught, no… drilled into our psyches, that “God is not giving you what you deserve.” Ever hear that? Ugh! It’s very popular in the more punitive view of the gospel. Yet it is another one of those statements we...
Video 28min
Video interview starts at 7:07 7:58 Brad's journey 13:04 The Deconstruction Journey and the book Out of the Embers 19:03 Experiencing Jesus before conversion 25:30 What about when God seems absent? 46:22 Penal Substitutionary Atonement
Col 2:13
Something can’t be paid for and forgiven simultaneously. Your sins are either forgiven or your sins were paid for. Forgiveness is given, freedom is paid for. The cross was not about forgiveness, it was about payment for freedom from sin...