Tag Gustaf Aulén

Christus Victor and the New Testament

Christus Victor and the New Testament

The Bible presents us with a victory motif, often brought together under the Christus Victor view of the atonement. This post is the third in a series considering Gustav Aulén’s...

Graham Heslop Graham Heslop
22 Jul 2020
A Broad Critique of Christus Victor

A Broad Critique of Christus Victor

My previous post introduced this series, which will reflect specifically Gustav Aulén’s Christus Victor and more generally on that view of the atonement. In the first post we considered the...

Graham Heslop Graham Heslop
08 Jul 2020

Christus Victor: Victory without Deceit

Last week I reviewed The Forgotten Cross. Lee Gatiss’ book is a welcome addition to the innumerable works we have on the cross, for while he affirms penal substitutionary atonement...

Graham Heslop Graham Heslop
26 May 2017