While my wife Mari shops at Trader Joe’s on Sundays I sit outside of a local bagel place and watch the people. I even talk to some passers-by. Every now and then I fellow walks bye looking for a handout. I generally carry a few bucks in plastic baggies just for this purpose. Last week…

WHAT IS MEANT BY THE IDEA OF “ATONEMENT”? Traditionally the idea means that in dying on the cross for humanity’s sins, Jesus Christ satisfied God’s desire for holiness by replacing humanity’s sinfulness with his own holiness and thereby fulfilling God’s requirement for righteousness. Often this theory is referred to as the “Penal Satisfaction” theory of…