I hope to have a Christian discussion (more than a debate) about various ideas concerning the scope of the Atonement.
I think first I will need to say by the Atonement I mean the entire work of the Cross (regardless of how one believes sins were actually propitiated or expiated).
I hold what has been referred to as the "Classic Calvinistic" position in that I do not think that Christ died only to save the elect but I do believe that Christ died to save only the elect.
In other words, Christ's sacrifice had a general purpose in God's redemptive plan while also having a particular purpose in saving a particular people.
I depart from Classic Calvinism in that I do not believe satisfying divine justice to be the central aspect of the Atonement nor do I affirm Penal Substitution Theory as encompassing God's plan of redemption.
I think first I will need to say by the Atonement I mean the entire work of the Cross (regardless of how one believes sins were actually propitiated or expiated).
I hold what has been referred to as the "Classic Calvinistic" position in that I do not think that Christ died only to save the elect but I do believe that Christ died to save only the elect.
In other words, Christ's sacrifice had a general purpose in God's redemptive plan while also having a particular purpose in saving a particular people.
I depart from Classic Calvinism in that I do not believe satisfying divine justice to be the central aspect of the Atonement nor do I affirm Penal Substitution Theory as encompassing God's plan of redemption.