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The Death Christ Died: A Biblical Case for Unlimited Atonement (Revised Edition) is unavailable, but you can change that!

In this revised and updated edition of his masterful book, Dr. Lightner, following the plain meaning of numerous Scriptures rather than a preconceived theological structure, calls the church back to its historic belief that Christ “is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world” (1 John 2:2). As Lightner astutely observes, what one believes on this...

Murray, who accepts and defends limited atonement and also believes regeneration precedes faith, seems to present a contradiction when explaining the relation of faith to salvation. Beginning his chapter on faith and repentance he says, “Without regeneration it is morally and spiritually impossible for a person to believe in Christ, but when a person is regenerated it is morally and spiritually impossible for that person not to believe.”29 In words which are almost diametrically opposed to these
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