In the begining...
Humans are made not by accident or chance, but intentionally and intimately in this divine likeness.
What is the image of God
While being baptised by John at the Jordan river, Jesus wasn’t crowned or armed - He was empowered by this, marking the start of His ministry.
What is the anointing of the Holy Spirit
John 1:29 “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world,” best aligns with this atonement theory
What is Penal Substitution
Beliefs that are seen primarily in one's actions...
What are Convictional beliefs?
According to recent Biblical scholarship, the word "righteousness" in Matthew 5:6 "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they will be filled" might be better translated with this word
What is justice
The literary form or genre of the book of Genesis is understood to be this type of literature.
What is polemic literature
When the Hebrew māšîaḥ took a trip through the Septuagint, it came out with this Greek name that means the same thing — “the Anointed One.”
What is Christos (Christ)
This view proclaims the cross as God’s decisive victory of love over sin, death, and every power that enslaves creation.
What is Christus Victor?
Reconciling humanity to God through His Incarnation, life, death and Resurection - this is the multifacited work of Christ that addresses sin and its consequences.
What is the Atonement
Understanding this aspect of Scripture helps us interpret poetic metaphors differently from historical events and engage God’s Word more faithfully.
What is genre?
God’s covenant with Abraham declares that His people are blessed for this purpose—to extend God’s restoration to all nations.
What is to be a blessing to the world
The Anointed One conquered evil not by domination or force, but through this radical act of love.
What is self-giving sacrifice?
This term describes how Jesus relives and restores the human story, becoming the “new head” of humanity and reversing Adam’s failure.
What is recapitulation?
Occurs specifically when words and actions align.
What is a Congruent Story?
Known as the Gospel of the Outcasts, Luke Gospel highlights four groups as special objects of Jesus' attention
What are sinners, tax collectors, prostitutes and the poor and sick
This verse drops the Bible’s first spoiler alert—evil gets crushed by a descendant of Eve!
What is Genesis 3:15
Jesus’ authority flowed not from status or power but from these two traits.
What are obedience and humility
This view is known as the "classic view" of the Atonement
What is Christus Victor
This type of categorizer tends to have a centered set orientation.
What is a Broad Categorizer?
Luke uses this term to refer to "persons in despised occupations" or "people with immoral lifestyles."
What is "sinners"
This Hebrew phrase, meaning “repairing the world,” captures the covenantal mission of joining God’s work of restoration and reconciliation.
What is tikkun olam
When this attitude hardens into absolutized tribalism, it stands opposed to Jesus’ outward-facing, reconciling love.
What is national self-concern
This 2nd-century church father taught that Christ becomes what we are so we might become what He is
Who is Irenaeus
This idea is based upon conceptualizations borrowed from mathematics.
What is Set Dynamics?
These three dimensions together reveal the Bible’s unified yet multidimensional story.
What are historical, thematic, and theological?