I've been wanting to write this for a couple of years but never got round to it. Seems like now is a good time. This is the basic argument: if the verses in the New Testament that seem to suggest that Christ died for absolutely everyone without exception are actually all about Christ dying for people from absolutely every different people group without exception then it makes those verses all the more beautiful and sharp and powerful - they are verses that show that the very intent of the atonement was to win a fantastically diverse multicultural Bride. Definite atonement Definite atonement or 'limited atonement' as it has been more traditionally called (that Christ died for the elect) is not what all Bible believing Christians see when they read the Scriptures. And I don't think for a moment that I'll be able to convince anyone to change their minds in 400 words. But just to sketch out what I'm talking about here is a brief presentation of definite atonem...
Living and preaching at the foot of the Cross