In The Reconciling Wisdom of God: Reframing the Doctrine of the Atonement, Adam Johnson, already a leading scholar of the atonement, considers God's redemptive work in Christ through the atonement as an act of God's infinite wisdom.
In making this crucial turn, Johnson is able to speak to proponents of the various atonement theories and move the discussion forward in a new direction, grounded in the truth of God's infinite wisdom. Genuinely reframing the debate around the atonement, The Reconciling Wisdom of God is a must-read for students of the atonement.
In The Reconciling Wisdom of God: Reframing the Doctrine of the Atonement, Adam Johnson, already a leading scholar of the atonement, considers God's redemptive work in Christ through the atonement as an act of God's infinite wisdom.
In making this crucial turn, Johnson is able to speak to proponents of the various atonement theories and move the discussion forward in a new direction, grounded in the truth of God's infinite wisdom. Genuinely reframing the debate around the atonement, The Reconciling Wisdom of God is a must-read for students of the atonement.
Adam J. Johnson (Ph.D., TEDS) is the author of Atonement: A
Guide for the Perplexed and God's Being in Reconciliation. He
teaches theology and Western Classics in the Torrey Honors
Institute at Biola University.
Michael F. Bird received his PhD from the University of
Queensland in Australia. He is a lecturer in theology and
postgraduate research at Ridley Melbourne College. He is the author
of several volumes of Bible commentary and theological studies.
Michael Bird is also co-moderator of the New Testament blog
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/euangelion.
Some theological technicians know how to take a doctrine apart but
not how to put it back together, much less put it back to work.
Adam Johnson has the know-how for reassembly. This Snapshot has a
lot less Aulén and a lot more Jonathan Edwards than we’ve become
accustomed to in books on the atonement. By putting it against the
background of God’s orchestrating attribute of wisdom, Johnson
joins the irreducible complexity of atonement to the unsurpassable
perfection of God. A worthy goal, worthily carried out.
— Fred Sanders, author of The Deep Things of God and coauthor of
Locating Atonement
Taking his cue from Jonathan Edwards’s sermon series, “The Wisdom
of God in the Way of Salvation,” Adam Johnson offers a short,
clear, and accessible account of the work of Christ in atonement as
the outworking of divine wisdom. The result is a terrific
introduction to the doctrine of the atonement, from which students
and their teachers are sure to profit.
—Oliver D. Crisp, coauthor of Locating Atonement
I know of no other theologian who has given themselves so fully to
the doctrine of atonement, and I know of no other work that so
helpfully introduces a constructive account for the church.
Christ’s atonement truly is a work “by, of, and for wisdom.” Let
Adam introduce you to Christ’s work anew and show you how Christ
reveals the wisdom of God.
—Kyle Strobel, author of Formed for the Glory of God and coauthor
of Beloved Dust
Many books explore the cross of Christ in view of the mercy and
justice of God. Adam Johnson changes the lens with this concise and
clearly written book, offering a picture of Jesus’ saving work as
the culmination of the same divine wisdom through which all things
were created. Divine wisdom is not a rival attribute to justice and
mercy, but that quality that enables God to be fully himself in
finding the fitting solution that achieves all God’s purposes for a
world fallen into folly. Johnson has written a helpful book that
brings fresh air into well-trod doctrinal paths, to which grateful
readers can only respond, “And behold, it was very good”!
—Kevin J. Vanhoozer, author of Is There a Meaning in this Text? and
The Drama of Doctrine
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