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    A breathtakingly larger canvas: The Cross in cosmic perspective

    November 8, 2012 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 9 Comments

    In my last article I pointed out that the New Testament (Paul specifically) seems to view the atonement as having […]

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    atonement, christology, cross, incarnation, science, theology

    The Cross and the eXtreme Deep Field

    November 7, 2012 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 119 Comments

    Imagine that you are a geologist in the late nineteenth century. Your goal is an ambitious one: develop a theory […]

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    atonement, christology, theology

    A few shades the other side of silly: Jerry Shepherd defends Tim Keller

    October 28, 2012 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 55 Comments

    In “Is the light of the cross brightened by the flickering flames of hell? ” I critiqued a portion of […]

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    atonement, eternal conscious torment, hell, Jerry Shepherd, Tim Keller

    Is the light of the cross brightened by the flickering flames of hell?

    October 25, 2012 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 40 Comments

    A reader sent me the following excerpt from an article by Tim Keller on the doctrine of hell and asked […]

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    atonement, cross, hell, Jesus Christ, Tim Keller

    What in hell is going on? A Review of Sharon Baker’s “Razing Hell” (Part 2)

    July 8, 2012 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 4 Comments

    Sharon L. Baker. Razing Hell: Rethinking everything you’ve been taught about God’s wrath and judgment. Westminster John Knox Press, 2010. […]

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    atonement, ethics, hermeneutics, Old Testament, Razing Hell, Sharon L. Baker, violence

    When is doxology theology? A response to Jerry Shepherd

    June 29, 2012 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 10 Comments

    In December-January I had some rather spirited exchanges in the blog with my colleague, Old Testament professor Jerry Shepherd. Then […]

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    atonement, doxology, evangelicalism, Jerry Shepherd, penal substitution, theology

    What is the atonement at least? Lessons from the ascension

    June 24, 2012 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 26 Comments

    It is no secret that atonement theories abound, each one vying to be the account for how God was in […]

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    ascension, atonement, christology, expiation, propitiation, theology

    If “The Bible is not a children’s book” then why do we have children’s Bibles?

    August 24, 2011 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 16 Comments

    Steve Hays of Triablogue wrote a response to my discussion of teaching biblical genocide to children called “Scout’s Honor!” It […]

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    atonement, Bible, children, David and Goliath, genocide, Jesus, Joshua, Noah, Steve Hays, theology, Triablogue, war

    Can we rationally believe in an atonement we don’t understand?

    August 18, 2011 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 20 Comments

    Having surveyed Ken Pulliam’s discussion of the PST, I have now been asked by Robert: “How do the other theories […]

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    atonement, defeater, doctrine, faith, rationality, reason, theology, theory

    The End of Christianity? A Skeptical Review (Part 8)

    August 18, 2011 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 6 Comments

    In chapter 7 of The End of Christianity Ken Pulliam argues for “The Absurdity of the Atonement”. In fact, his […]

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    atonement, imputation, Ken Pulliam, penal substitution, The End of Christianity
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