by David Brondos | Oct 31, 2018
Unedited version of article published in Dialog 54, 3 (Fall 2015), 269-279. Since Reformation times, the phrase sola gratia has been used to affirm that the justification and salvation of...
by David Brondos | Oct 28, 2018
Rather than viewing Jesus’ death in isolation from the ministry that had preceded it, Jesus’ earliest followers would have seen his crucifixion as the result of the conflict and opposition that his activity on behalf of others had generated, as well as his dedication...
by David Brondos | Aug 28, 2018
When Jesus’ earliest followers came to ascribe saving significance to his death, they did so in light of their faith in his resurrection and his exaltation to God’s right hand. Ultimately, it was their belief in Jesus as risen and exalted Lord and the conviction that...
by David Brondos | Aug 2, 2018
Most of the allusions to Jesus’ death that appear in the New Testament consist of brief formulas that relate his death in various ways to the salvation and redemption of believers. Underlying these formulaic allusion to his death, however, is a basic narrative...
by David Brondos | Jul 28, 2018
Pauline scholars commonly look to the ideas of substitution and participation to interpret Paul’s affirmations that believers have been justified, redeemed, and reconciled to God through Jesus’ death or blood. Here it is argued that both of those ideas as...
