The Atonement: An Introduction (Short Studies in Systematic Theology)
Digital Verbum Edition
Overview
A Concise Introduction to the Doctrine of the Atonement.
The atonement is central to Christian theology and essential for following Jesus. In this addition to the Short Studies in Systematic Theology series, pastor Jeremy Treat explains what Scripture teaches about the atonement and how it impacts one’s daily life.
Treat demonstrates that the death of Christ is a multi-dimensional work within the story of the kingdom of God. While the accomplishments of the cross are unending (including forgiveness, victory, and renewal), the heart of the cross is substitution—Jesus dying on behalf of sinners. Christ’s atoning work reconciles believers to God and to one another, calling them to a life of obedience. This book presents a kingdom-framed, substitution-centered, trinitarian, integrated, communal, and life-changing approach to the doctrine of atonement.
Accessible: Designed to be short and approachable, this text is an ideal resource for college students, pastors, and laypeople
Practical: The depths of the gospel are applied to discipleship, community, and ethics
Part of the Short Studies in Systematic Theology Series: Other titles include Faithful Theology; The Attributes of God; and The Church
- Presents a kingdom-framed, substitution-centered, trinitarian, integrated, communal, and life-changing approach to the doctrine of atonement
- Demonstrates that the death of Christ is a multi-dimensional work within the story of the kingdom of God
- Provides an ideal resource for college students, pastors, and laypeople
- Introduction: The Foolishness of the Gospel
- Chapter 1: The Story of Atonement, From a Garden to a Kingdom
- Chapter 2: The Heart of Atonement, The Great Exchange
- Chapter 3: The Accomplishments of Atonement, A Many-Splendored Work
- Chapter 4: The Coherence of Atonement, An Integrated Achievement
- Chapter 5: The Community of Atonement, Reconciled and Reconciling
- Chapter 6: The Life of Atonement, Taking Up Your Cross
Jeremy Treat reminds us of what every thoughtful Christian should know about the atonement while calling us to understand the cross, to worship, and to pick up our cross and follow the Master.
—D. A. Carson, Cofounder and Theologian-at-Large, The Gospel Coalition
Jeremy Treat has written a brilliant yet accessible introduction to the doctrine of the atonement. He shows what Jesus’s cross is about, how the cross saves, why it matters, and how it relates to the Christian life. This is a learned yet eminently readable book on a complex topic. A great starting place for anyone who wants to wrestle with the meaning of the cross and how it relates to theology as a whole.
—Michael F. Bird, Academic Dean and Lecturer in New Testament, Ridley College, Melbourne
This is a master class in short, clear, and accessible systematic theology. Jeremy Treat shows us why we need to see the atonement from numerous angles to fully grasp its beauty—and then he shows us how, with a clear exposition that maintains both coherence and practical application. A superb introduction.
—Andrew Wilson, Teaching Pastor, King’s Church London