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Aspects of the Atonement: Cross and Resurrection in the Reconciling of God and Humanity Paperback – Illustrated, November 1, 2007

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The Christian understanding of the meaning of the death of Jesus Christ and its relationship to the salvation of sinful humanity is currently the subject of intense debate and criticism. The papers covering this important area are expanded versions of the 2006 series of Chuen King Lectures given in the Chinese University of Hong Kong. In the first two chapters Howard Marshall discusses the nature of the human plight in relation to the judgment of God and then offers a nuanced defence of the doctrine of the substitutionary death of Jesus Christ for sinners. The third chapter examines the place of the resurrection of Christ as an integral part of the process whereby sinners are put in the right with God. In the final chapter argues that in our communication of the gospel today the New Testament concept of reconciliation may be the most comprehensive and apt expression of the lasting significance of the death of Christ.
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L. Howard Marshall is Emeritus Professor of New Testament Exegesis and Honorary Research Professor at the University of Aberdeen.

I. Howard Marshall is Emeritus Professor of New Testament Exegesis and Honorary Research Professor at the University of Aberdeen. He has authored many books on the New Testament.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Paternoster (November 1, 2007)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 148 pages
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  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.34 x 8.5 inches
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Charles E. Greer
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book by I
Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2016
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An excellent book by I. Howard Marshall on the "Atonement." A brief definition - p. 52 - "The death of Christ as the means provided by God to take away human sin and its penalty" I have that paragraph highlighted. He does a good job in discussing the term "penal" as refers to the substitutionary death of Jesus. He gives another definition of the word atonement on page 35. On page 36 another definition, "Atonement means the covering of sin by something which God Himself had provided and therefore the covering of sin by God Himself. An excellent book covering this subject. Someone has said, "You don't understand Jesus until you understand His cross." Marshall helps you to do that. I recommend this book.
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Glenn Crouch
4.0 out of 5 stars A good introduction to the historic Evangelical of the Atonement
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2016
With the Author's recent passing, I decided that it would be good to read one of his books that I hadn't read in the past - thus my choice of this book on the Atonement :)

First, I would point out that this is a relatively small book on quite a weighty topic, and that the Author has basically taken 4 Lectures / Essays and edited them together to form this book. Whilst neither of these issues is a bad thing nor are they in any way hidden, I do think there was a lack of flow that would be present in a book written for a particular purposes.

However, briefness is often a good thing in a book, especially if it is being used either for revision / reminding of these important issues, or as a starting point encouraging a more in-depth study. For the latter a decent biblography / suggested reading list would have been nice.

I did enjoy the Author's coverage of different aspects of the Atonement - though I would've like a little more coverage of the weaknesses in the various models (eg Ransom does not invite us to ponder to whom the ransom was paid) - and the Author does at least indicate this side of things in his the concluding portions of the 4th and final part of the book.

Overall, a good introduction to the historic Evangelical of the Atonement.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
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Bill Muehlenberg
5.0 out of 5 stars A great primer on the atonement
Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2009
Christianity is Christ, and what he did for us in his life, death and resurrection. Thus the atonement lies at the heart of Christian beliefs. It is a rich and complex topic which the Bible treats in a variety of ways. In this slim volume New Testament scholar I. Howard Marshall presents some of these biblical understandings of the work of Christ.

Marshall notes that no one image of the atonement is sufficient to cover the variety and fullness of the doctrine. The New Testament presents a number of pictures, models or metaphors of the saving work of Christ, including justification, redemption, and salvation.

He argues that reconciliation might be one of the better, more inclusive models to describe the three-fold work of Christ: "Human need, divine provision in the work of Christ, and a resulting transformation of the situation".

Perhaps a highlight of the book is Marshall's defence of the penal substitution understanding of the atonement. Says Marshall, "I shall argue that the doctrine is well-founded in Scripture, and that it is defensible against the objections brought against it".

The idea that sin angers a holy God and must be dealt with before reconciliation with God is possible is not a popular concept nowadays, even among some evangelicals. But Marshall reminds us that the "reality of final judgment as the active response of God to human sin is an absolutely central part of the predicament from which sinners need to be saved".

The biblical insistence that `the wages of sin is death' must be maintained, along with the truth that sinners need to be doubly delivered: from the effects of sin as well as the power of sin. Thus Marshall examines the biblical language about God's anger toward, and judgment of, sin, and the various ways in which the wrath of God is presented in Scripture.

He reminds us that the teaching of future judgment is "more than just a background of thought. It becomes thematic on many occasions, and it lies at the centre of the evangelism carried out in the early church".

Still, some wish to argue that the wrath of God is not central to who God is, like the love of God is. Some claim it is not an attribute of God. But Marshall replies, yes, in a sense it is not fundamental, and is only called forth when evil is present. But "precisely the same thing could be said about God's grace which is necessitated only when sin causes his creatures to need it".

God's holiness is as much a part of who God is as his love and mercy. Both of these attributes are relational, says Marshall, and are expressed to his creation in grace and mercy as well as "judgement and wrath when that creation is spoiled by sin".

Yet people still object to the notion of an angry and wrathful God, and see such a God as the antithesis of a loving Jesus. They wrongly understand penal substitution to mean that Jesus persuaded an angry God to somehow appease his wrath, as if the two were working at cross purposes (no pun intended).

Not so says Marshall: "It is absolutely fundamental in the New Testament that it is God the Father who personally initiates and acts in the coming and death of Jesus to bring about redemption." The cross of Christ must be seen as "the loving purpose of God".

Indeed, "there is not the faintest hint in the New Testament that Jesus dies to persuade God to forgive sinners". Rather, "his death is part of the way in which God himself acts in his grace and mercy". Or as he also writes, "Jesus does not propitiate the Father so as to change his attitude to sinners" and somehow make forgiveness possible. Instead, both Father and Son together "take upon themselves all the suffering and judgement caused by and due to sin, and bear them for us".

Jesus therefore is not appeasing a Father unable or unwilling to forgive sinners. He is acting in the divinely appointed manner for sinners to obtain mercy by means of his bearing of our punishment.

There is one area of concern in this book however, and it is relegated to a footnote (on p. 30, but also hinted at in the next few pages). Those who have Marshall's 1983 commentary on 1 and 2 Thessalonians will recall that when he discussed 2 Th. 1:9 he provided strong reasons why that passage cannot refer to annihilationism.

In his footnote he says, "I would be more inclined to argue that this does not mean eternal, conscious punishment, but rather final, irreversible destruction than I was when I listed these possibilities in [the 1983 commentary]".

Marshall's apparent capitulation to annihilationism is the only real downside to an otherwise very good volume. One web review of this book that I glanced at by a professor of New Testament did not even mention this matter. Either he did not read the volume very carefully, or he did not think that embracing annihilationism was a major concern.

Having said that however, this is still a fine book. As a brief overview of the New Testament understanding of the atonement, and a helpful defence of penal substitution, this is a very valuable book indeed.
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Phoummachedi
5.0 out of 5 stars Aspects of the Atonement
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 15, 2011
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This is a serious study book, that illuminates an important subject. True to Howard Marshall's reputation, it is well written, helpful and challenging.
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