How Did This Happen? I would suggest that the ideas of Waggoner, Maxwell, Jennings, and others about sin, punishment, and atonement did not arise in a vacuum. They arose in environments of fear where the Good News of Christ’s substitutionary life and death were not adequately taught or emphasized in the right ways. The views they hold are overreact
What is sin? Why did Jesus die on the cross? How are we saved? Is God’s character both loving and just, wrathful and gracious? These are profound questions—ones that require humble, thoughtful study and biblical reflection. Two recent books by Seventh-day Adventist authors have sought to answer these questions in ways that occasion careful analysis
