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King, Priest, and Prophet: A Trinitarian Theology of Atonement is unavailable, but you can change that!

The doctrines of the atonement and the Trinity are central not only to the Christian faith but also to Christian systematic theology. Over the last decade or so, one or another theological interpretation of either of these doctrines has assumed pride of place among theologians. Before Robert Sherman, though, no theologian has ever dared to read the atonement in light of the Trinity. Most of the...

4 Christ the King Achieving the Father’s Victory The stage has been set for a detailed consideration of the way in which Christ’s threefold office and work may be understood as having a trinitarian character. The next three chapters will describe how that atoning activity should be construed as not only his particular messianic work but also the common work of the Father and the Spirit. The previous chapter has argued from “proto-trinitarian” exegetical evidence that the different persons of the
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