Favorite Books in 2024: Correcting Imbalances
Matt Pinson This year I’ve particularly enjoyed a handful of books that I think address imbalances or “pendulum-swings” in thought and practice. It should go without saying that there are things that all these authors assert in these books that I am completely opposed to (not to mention…
What I Like (and Don’t Like) about Non-Penal-Satisfaction Theories of Atonement
Matt Pinson Reformed Arminians emphasize what Leroy Forlines called the penal-satisfaction model of atonement. (Forlines, with scholars like Charles Hodge, J. I. Packer, and Thomas Oden, liked this more precise phrase that refers to what most people call penal-substitutionary atonement.) I have discussed this approach elsewhere at greater…
Revisiting George Eldon Ladd and Talk of the Kingdom
W. Jackson Watts (This post originally appeared as part of Newsletter #62 at Churchatopia, a blog/website operated by Commission member Jackson Watts. It has been lightly edited and reposted here.) Do you ever find yourself talking about the “already-not yet” when it comes to eschatology or most anything…