Theological Term of the Week
Monday, November 10, 2008 at 8:43PM
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Moving on to terms having to do with Christ’s work.

propitiation
a sacrifice that satisfies the wrath of God and thus averts God’s wrath toward sinners.

Learn more:

  1. Theopedia: Propitiation
  2. GotQuestions.org: What is Propitiation?
  3. John Murray: The Atonement
  4. Frederick S. Leahy: The Wrath of God in Relation to the Atonement
  5. My old blog: Propitiation: What does it mean?
  6. Mark Dever: Propitiation (mp3)

Do you have a a theological term you’d like to see featured here as a Theological Term of the Week? If you email it to me, I’ll seriously consider using it, giving you credit for the suggestion, and linking back to your blog when I do.

Clicking on the Theological Term graphic at the top of this post will take you to a list of all the previous theological terms in alphabetical order.

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