Theological Term of the Week: Definite Atonement
Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 3:00AM
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definite atonement

The doctrinal teaching that “Christ died with the purpose of making full and effective atonement for all his people, who had been chosen to salvation from before the foundation of the world”;also called limited atonement or particular redemption.

Learn more:

  1. Kevin DeYoung: Theological Primer: Limited Atonement
  2. Jonathan Gibson: Limited Atonement
  3. Jonathan Gibson: 10 Things You Should Know about Definite Atonement
  4. R. C. Sproul: Limited Atonement
  5. Simply Put Podcast: Limited Atonement
  6. Robert Raymond: Ten Lines of Evidence for the Doctrine of Particular Redemption

Related terms:

1 Systematic Theology by Robert Letham, page 571.

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