Gabriel N. E. Fluhrer: Atonement

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Gabriel N. E. Fluhrer, Assistant Pastor at Second Presbyterian Church, Greenville, SC, will address the theme of the book he edited: "Atonement".

As Presbyterian & Reformed Publishing describes this book:

The doctrine of atonement is under debate. Evangelical publishing houses are releasing books that purport to change our understanding of this central Christian doctrine; church leaders are asking for the emphasis to change away from Christ as sin-bearer to Christ as exemplar of God's love (as if they need to be mutually exclusive?). What have some of the churches' best-known theologians and pastors to say on the matter? Published in conjunction with the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, this is a collecting of outstanding presentations on the Atonement from recent PCRT [Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology] meetings, together they make a strong case for the Reformed view of Atonement, but this book doesn't just discuss points of theology; it also shows the implications of that theology and how to communicate it - brilliant!

Chapter themes and their authors are:

1. The Necessity of the Atonement
J.I. PACKER
2. The Nature of the Atonement: Reconciliation
JOHN R. DE WITT
3. The Nature of the Atonement: Propitiation
JAMES M. BOICE
4. The Atonement and the Purpose of God
JOHN R. GERSTNER
5. Sacrifice and Satisfaction
R.C. SPROUL
6. The Language of the Marketplace
JAMES M. BOICE
7. Christ, the Sin-Bearer
SINCLAIR FERGUSON
8. Preaching the Cross
ALISTAIR BEGG

Tonight's guest, Gabriel N. E. Fluhrer, has been on staff at Second Church since beginning at Greenville Seminary in the fall of 2004. A graduate of the University of South Carolina, he is married to Callie, who hails from Lexington, KY, is also a graduate of USC and serves as an oncology nurse at St. Francis Hospital.