Why was Jesus crucified? Was the cross an act of God (to satisfy the divine wrath)? Was it simply the inevitable result of Jesus's challenge to the Sadducees and Pharisees? Was he betrayed by followers who felt he had failed his promises to deliver a political kingdom? Or was this an act of sin itself - of evil making it's last stand against love?
In this second look at the cross - building towards a theory of the atonement that unifies the story of salvation - we examine the crucifixion fr...
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