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Understanding Paul: The Early Christian Worldview of the Letter to the Romans is unavailable, but you can change that!

In his study of Paul, Stephen Westerholm suggests that despite the unparalleled influence the apostle has exercised over the last two thousand years, he is little understood by contemporary readers because they often read the Pauline Epistles from the largely unconsidered presuppositions of modern culture. To counter that perspective, Westerholm proposes investigating the mindset of Paul himself....

1. Over the centuries atonement has often been portrayed as the ingenious means by which two opposing divine characteristics can both find satisfactory expression. Divine holiness (or justice) requires punishment for sin, whereas divine mercy requires that God save the sinner. The death of Christ, as a divinely provided substitute for the death deserved by sinners, is seen as allowing both of these divine attributes their proper function. Such an interpretation, in spite of its venerable pedigree,
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