Discourses and Dissertations on the Scriptural Doctrines of Atonement and Sacrifice (Classic Reprint): With an Appendix Containing Some Strictures on ... Mr. Wilberforce's Treatise (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

William Magee

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ISBN 10: 1331787807 ISBN 13: 9781331787808

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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This book presents a thorough examination of the biblical doctrines of atonement and sacrifice, offering a unique perspective on the relationship between God and humanity rooted in historical and literary context. The author begins by exploring objections raised by deists and rationalizing Christians to the concept of a mediator between God and humanity, arguing instead for the necessity of such mediation based on both natural reason and scriptural authority. The author maintains that the death of Christ, understood as an atoning sacrifice, is the means by which God reconciles humanity to himself, and explores the implications of this doctrine for our understanding of sin, forgiveness, and divine justice. Challenging common misconceptions and offering a fresh examination of the biblical evidence, this book provides a profound and thought-provoking study of one of the central tenets of Christian theology.

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Excerpt from Discourses and Dissertations on the Scriptural Doctrines of Atonement and Sacrifice: With an Appendix Containing Some Strictures on Mr. Belsham's Account of the Unitarian Scheme, in His Review of Mr. Wilberforce's Treatise The following Discourses, originally composed with a view to your instruction, we now with the same design submitted to your more deliberate examination. In these latter days Christianity seems destined to undergo a fiercer trial than it has for many centuries experienced. Its defenders are called upon, not merely to resist the avowed invader, who assails the citadel from without, but the concealed and treacherous foe, who undermines the works, or tampers with the garrison within. The temporising Christian, who, under the mask of liberality, surrenders the fundamental doctrines of his creed; and the imposing Rationalist, who, by the illusions of a factitious resemblance, endeavours to substitute Philosophy for the Gospel; are enemies even more to be dreaded than the declared and systematic Deist. The open attacks of the one, directed against the Evidences of Christianity, have but served to strengthen the great outworks of our faith, by calling to its aid the united powers of its adherents; whilst the machinations of the others, secretly employed against the Doctrines of our religion, threaten, by eluding the vigilance, and lulling the suspicions, of its friends, to subvert through fraud what had been found impregnable by force. To aid these machinations, a modern and depraved philosophy hath sent abroad its pernicious sophistries, infecting the sources of morality, and enervating the powers of manly thought; and, the better to effect these purposes, clad in those engaging colours which are peculiarly adapted to captivate the imaginations of young and ardent minds. Against arts and enemies such as these, the most strenuous exertions of all who value the religion of Christ are at this moment imperiously demanded. In what manner to prep

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1331787807
• ISBN 13: 9781331787808
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240