Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley are joined by Dr. Jeremy Treat to discuss the doctrine of atonement.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• When and how did we learn about the atonement?
• What is the event of the atonement? What does the word mean?
• How is the cross an enthronement ceremony?
• What do we gain when we view the atonement with this lens?
• Is there a predominant theme in the atonement?
• How do the atonement, resurrection, and ascension connect?
• How have theologians talked about atonement using humiliation and exaltation?
• How does that truth change the way we live?
• What can be the hardest part of the atonement to begin to understand?

Helpful Definitions:

• Atonement: 
  • At onement; two things that have been torn apart are being brought back together to be one again.
  • How sin has separated us from God and what God has accomplished to make us at one with Him again.

Guest Bio:

Jeremy Treat (PhD, Wheaton College) is Pastor for Preaching and Vision at Reality LA, a young and thriving church in the heart of Hollywood, California. He is also an adjunct professor of theology at Biola University and is the author of several books including but not limited to; Seek First: How the Kingdom of God Changes Everything and The Crucified King: Atonement and Kingdom in Biblical and Systematic Theology. 

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Mark 1:14-15, Mark 15, Philippians 2, John 12, Romans 8:17, Matthew 5-7
• “The Crucified King” by Jeremy Treat
• “​​Dominion” by Tom Holland
• “The Atonement” by Jeremy Treat
• “The Crucifixion” by Fleming Rutledge

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