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The Justifying Judgement of God: A Reassessment of the Place of Judgement in the Saving Work of Christ is unavailable, but you can change that!

The argument of this book is that judgment, understood as the whole process of bringing justice, is the primary metaphor of atonement, along with other metaphors—such as victory, redemption, and sacrifice—which are subordinate to it. Judgment also provides the proper context for understanding penal substitution and the calls to repentance, baptism, Eucharist, and holiness.

in general and preachers in particular, the decline in Christian education, the growth in demand for entertainment, and the use of Sundays for shopping, recreation and preserving relationships in ever more fragmented families. There are no doubt many other factors, not least what Steve Holmes describes as ‘the one great “triumph” of Christian pastoral theology this century: we have learned how to convince sinners with tender consciences that they have no need of Christ’s atoning work.’4 Important
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