Objectives
At
the end of this lesson you will be able to:
1. List five models of the atonement, and write
very brief notes on each; and
2.
Write your own brief explanation of ‘Christ died for
my sins’
10
sample questions of 33:
1.
The first generation of Christians had a problem of communication.
Imagine an eskimo meets a South Sea Islander and they have a common language.
The eskimo wants to tell the South Sea Islander all about snow: what is his
problem? (By the way there aren't any fridges on this particular island.)
2.
Those first Christians knew that what Jesus had done for them on the
Cross had profoundly affected their lives in a new and dynamic way. But how
could God explain the atonement to us? The answer was to use pictorial language.
To use the familiar and ordinary to describe the quite extraordinary. Many
other words are used to describe what we call the atonement. You will recall
one in Mark 10:45 - what is it?
How
to use the Sample Material
Read through the section below and answer the question(s) posed.
Check the answer or the course writer’s own view by hovering your
mouse over the raven.
In most
sections (‘frames’) you will be asked for a response of some
sort, perhaps an answer to a question or to give your view on something.
Some of the frames will be easy, and require a quick, objective answer –
just to check that you are following the train of thought. Sometimes there
is a more involved question, requiring your own reflection and with no ‘right
answer’ as such.
The idea
throughout is that in interacting with the material, you know whether you
have understood what is being offered, and whether you agree with it or
not.
