# atonement (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover atonement. Page: Feed: --- ## [A thought on retributive justice and the Atonement](https://thinkingreed.blog/2026/08/17/a-thought-on-retributive-justice-and-the-atonement/) _2026-08-17 · Lee M. · A Thinking Reed_ The other day I was listening to a podcast of Christian philosopher William Lane Craig defending a version of the “penal substitutionary” account of the Atonement (“PSA” as it’s often referred to). One thing Craig emphasized was that Jesus must take our punishment in order to “satisfy God’s retributive justice.” It occurred to me, however, \[…\] ## [Incarnation anyway](https://thinkingreed.blog/2026/08/12/incarnation-anyway/) _2026-08-12 · Lee M. · A Thinking Reed_ I was struck recently by a passage from Catholic theologian Karen Kilby in the entry on “evil” in the St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology. Kilby is discussing how Christian theology envisions God responding to evil, but notes that not that theologies vary in how central a place they give to the response to evil: Christian theologies \[…\] ## [What we talk about when we talk about God](https://thinkingreed.blog/2026/08/10/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-god/) _2026-08-10 · Lee M. · A Thinking Reed_ Christopher Insole, If God Is the Answer, What Is the Question? (Oneworld, 2026) Insole is a philosophical theologian in the UK, but this is not your typical philosophy book. He says up front that he doesn’t really think people’s fundamental convictions about God, morality, the meaning of life, politics, etc. are moved by rational argument. \[…\] ## [Children of the Father: Rediscovering the Doctrine of Adoption.](https://rhantingrhino.substack.com/p/children-of-the-father-rediscovering) _2026-08-08 · Tim Carson · Tim’s Substack_ A Four Part Series on One of Christianity's Most Important Doctrines. ## [Reading the Word of God for All Its Worth](https://rhantingrhino.substack.com/p/reading-the-word-of-god-for-all-its) _2026-07-14 · Tim Carson · Tim’s Substack_ How to devotionally read through scripture. ## [Any Idols Next to the Cross?](https://rhantingrhino.substack.com/p/any-idols-next-to-the-cross) _2026-07-08 · Tim Carson · Tim’s Substack_ The Call to Worship in Fidelity to the Character and Covenant of God Through Christ ## [The broken mosaic of truth](https://thinkingreed.blog/2026/05/05/learning-from-other-religions/) _2026-05-05 · Lee M. · A Thinking Reed_ Learning from Other Religions, David Brown (Cambridge University Press, 2024) Arguments about how to understand the relationship among humanity’s various religious traditions have often run in well-worn grooves: Exclusivists hold to the absolute and unique truth of their religion; inclusivists regard the differing faiths as approximations of the one true religion; and pluralists view all \[…\] ## [A Church Plant Response](https://rhantingrhino.substack.com/p/a-church-plant-response) _2026-04-15 · Tim Carson · Tim’s Substack_ The current landscape is changing, the trouble is many forget the larger context. ## [Praxis Theologica II: Applying Doctrinal Truth to Daily Life.](https://rhantingrhino.substack.com/p/praxis-theologica-ii-applying-doctrinal) _2026-04-11 · Tim Carson · Tim’s Substack_ If we believe that the Kingship rule of the Lord Jesus is over all spheres of life, how does that belief show up in what we practice? ## [Praxis Theologica – Applying Doctrinal Truth to Daily Life](https://rhantingrhino.substack.com/p/praxis-theologica-applying-doctrinal) _2026-03-25 · Tim Carson · Tim’s Substack_ Where Equipping Leaders, Empowering the Christian Life, and the Expression of Conviction are paramount. ## [Countdown to Getting Paid (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/6TQNglku1ZJN) _2026-03-25 · **Sponsored**_ Create a shareable wallet timer — deposits buy back time and pay debt down ## [This Jesus, Whom God Raised Up](https://rhantingrhino.substack.com/p/this-jesus-whom-god-raised-up) _2026-03-17 · Tim Carson · Tim’s Substack_ Acts 2:32 ## [Keith Ward: An appreciation](https://thinkingreed.blog/2026/02/19/keith-ward-an-appreciation/) _2026-02-19 · Lee M. · A Thinking Reed_ As longtime readers are aware (if there are any of you left!), Anglican philosopher-theologian Keith Ward has been a big influence here at ATR. I think the first book of his I read was What the Bible Really Teaches, which at the time was extremely helpful to me by articulating a theology that was open \[…\] ## [Is love always uncontrolling?](https://thinkingreed.blog/2026/02/02/is-love-always-uncontrolling/) _2026-02-02 · Lee M. · A Thinking Reed_ I recently re-read Thomas Jay Oord’s 2015 book The Uncontrolling Love of God, which made a bit of a splash in certain circles when it first came out. While it’s a stimulating read, I found myself once again not fully convinced by the argument. In brief, Oord argues that God cannot — because of the \[…\] ## [Consider the beasts](https://thinkingreed.blog/2026/01/12/consider-the-beasts/) _2026-01-12 · Lee M. · A Thinking Reed_ Death Before the Fall: Biblical Literalism and the Problem of Animal Suffering, Ronald E. Osborn (IVP Academic, 2014) Much traditional Christian theology has taught that death and suffering entered the world when Adam and Eve fell into sin. Prior to the fall, many theologians have assumed, the world was free from suffering, sickness and death \[…\] ## [Reflections from Romans](https://rhantingrhino.substack.com/p/reflections-from-romans) _2026-01-08 · Tim Carson · Tim’s Substack_ To Stand on the Letter of the Law and Forsake the Heart of the Law is Legalism. ## [Best Theology Books I Read This Year](https://thinkingreed.blog/2025/12/30/best-theology-books-i-read-this-year/) _2025-12-30 · Lee M. · A Thinking Reed_ Continuing the experiment of dusting off this creaky old blog, here are the best theology books I read this year (not necessarily published this year!): Teresa Morgan, Trust in Atonement: Teresa Morgan is a scholar of classical antiquity as well as New Testament and early Christianity, and she brings this perspective to bear in developing \[…\] ## [Everything We Need: The Gift of the Sufficiency of God's Word](https://rhantingrhino.substack.com/p/everything-we-need-the-gift-of-the) _2025-12-30 · Tim Carson · Tim’s Substack_ This has been adapted from a recent paper I wrote for my seminary class - The Word. ## [The Cross as God’s Word](https://thinkingreed.blog/2025/12/19/the-cross-as-gods-word/) _2025-12-19 · Lee M. · A Thinking Reed_ Adam Hamilton, Why Did Jesus Have to Die? The Meaning of the Crucifixion (Abingdon Press, 2025) Adam Hamilton is the pastor of the Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, KS, one of the largest Methodist churches in the country. He’s also the author of numerous books and bible studies where he’s tried to carve out \[…\] ## [No Smoke Machines: The Real Work of Proelium.](https://rhantingrhino.substack.com/p/no-smoke-machines-the-real-work-of) _2025-12-05 · Tim Carson · Tim’s Substack_ Are we really equipping these men, or are we just providing another distraction?