The Atonement - John Murray

Preface

Perhaps no biblical doctrine has been attacked with so many forms of subtlety as that of the atonement. Some subtle forms of error have been cleverly robed with biblical phraseology and have deceived the unsuspecting. The offence of the cross has been avoided by employing biblical terminology with a sense that finds no parallel in Scripture. Such terms as sacrifice, propitiation, reconciliation, and redemption have been drained of well-defined biblical signification and refilled with the thoughts and concepts of men. The motivation for this, as some claim, is to protect the love of God.

Since the way by which God may be propitiated and reconciled is a matter of pure revelation, it is most important to allow the Scriptures to define its own terms. In a warm devotional manner and with a lucid style, Professor Murray brings to light the biblical significance of the terms used to express the atonement. He clearly reveals that the definitive terms of Scripture do not impugn the love of God but bring it out in bold relief.

Professor John Murray was born in Scotland and is still a British subject. He is a graduate of the University of Glasgow (1923) and of Princeton Theological Seminary (1927), and he studied at the University of Edinburgh during 1928 and 1929. In 1929-1930 he served on the faculty of the Princeton Theological Seminary. Since then he has taught at the Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia where he is now Professor of Systematic Theology. A frequent contributor to theological journals, Professor Murray is the author of Christian Baptism (1952), Divorce (1953), Redemption Accomplished and Applied (1955), Principles of Conduct (1957), The Imputation of Adam’s Sin (1960), Calvin on Scripture and Divine Sovereignty (1960), and The Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I,

Chapters I-VIII (1960).

—J. MARCELLUS KIK, Editor

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