Friday, February 14, 2014

Trevin Wax: What Expiation Means for You (4 Things)


This spring’s Gospel Project for Adults and Students leads participants through the “Atonement Thread,” which helps people put the Bible together to see how the theme of atonement runs from Genesis to Revelation.

For the past several Thursdays, I’ve featured contributions from some friends who are examining the beauty of the atonement from different angles. We began with Brandon Smith, who wrote about the mysterious beauty of penal substitution. Nancy Guthrie pointed us to the story of Hosea and Gomer to help us understand the beauty of redemption. Then, Jared Wilson showed us what it means to say that Christ is our ransom. And last week, Matt Capps explained how the atonement is meant to influence us. Today, my friend Adam Mabry looks at the atonement through the lens of expiation.

Adam Mabry is the Lead Pastor of Aletheia Church in Boston, MA—a growing, diverse church passionately committed to bringing the truth, grace, and the changing power of the Gospel for the glory of God and the good of all people. He has also planted churches in Edinburgh, Scotland and is a guest speaker at various events around the country. He and his wife, Hope, have four children. Keep reading

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