Something or other, somehow

Fred Sanders at The Scriptorium Daily

“Christ did something or other, which, somehow or other, had some connexion or other with salvation.” That really nails some bad preaching I’ve heard. .... On the subject of the atonement, I freely confess that whenever a teacher wanders too far from theme of vicarious punishment, I lose the thread of the argument and have trouble following what it is Christ did that has some connection with salvation. “Christus Victor inaugurates the kingdom and demonstrates God’s love by recapitulating humanity in vicarious repentance…” Yes, I believe all those things, but my mind finds no theological rest until I can center those statements on Jesus Christ paying for sin. All I hear is “Christ did something or other, which, somehow or other, had some connexion or other with salvation.” [more]

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