{"id":5560,"date":"2012-03-31T10:26:35","date_gmt":"2012-03-31T15:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/?p=5560"},"modified":"2015-03-13T16:51:49","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T21:51:49","slug":"if-jesus-crucifixion-is-the-solution-whats-the-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/2012\/03\/31\/if-jesus-crucifixion-is-the-solution-whats-the-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"If Jesus’ Crucifixion Is the Solution, What’s the Problem?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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I\u2019ve got an article on Patheos\u2019s homepage. It\u2019s on \u2014 you guessed it \u2014 the atonement. It\u2019s a summary of my thoughts on the issue (so far):<\/p>\n

Christians know why Jesus died: He died for our sins. That\u2019s what we\u2019re taught from the earliest days of Sunday school.<\/p>\n

And we all know how he died: A particularly gruesome form of public execution known as crucifixion.<\/p>\n

But many Christians are less sure of how it works. How is it that Jesus\u2019 death accomplishes the forgiveness of my sin? By what cosmic mechanism does that take place?<\/p>\n

In other words, there comes a time in every Christian\u2019s life when the Sunday School answer, \u201cJesus died for my sins,\u201d falls short. We want to know how it works<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the rest:\u00a0If Jesus\u2019 Crucifixion Is the Solution, What\u2019s the Problem?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve got an article on Patheos\u2019s homepage. It\u2019s on \u2014 you guessed it \u2014 the atonement. It\u2019s a summary of my thoughts on the issue (so far): Christians know why Jesus died: He died for our sins. That\u2019s what we\u2019re taught from the earliest days of Sunday school. And we all know how he died: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5434,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[67,392,898],"class_list":["post-5560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-theology","tag-atonement","tag-lent","tag-lent2012"],"yoast_head":"\nIf Jesus' Crucifixion Is the Solution, What's the Problem?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I've got an article on Patheos's homepage. It's on -- you guessed it -- the atonement. 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