Limited Atonement Remix Part 2

See Introduction.

II. Who Limits the Atonement?

The reason Calvinist’s are stuck with the term “Limited Atonement” is because of where the spotlight is almost always placed in the discussion. Calvinists willingly limit the “scope” of Christ’s atoning death (that is, the group for whom Christ died) in order to avoid limiting the nature of the atonement (what Christ died to accomplish). So we can conclude that both sides of the debate believe in some aspect of the atonement being “limited.”

For this reason many Calvinists (including myself) prefer the terms Definite Atonement or Particular Redemption over Limited Atonement. This puts the emphasis on the fact that Christ died to purchase redemption for a specific people. It sets forth a positive definition of the atonement rather than an “anti-Arminian” definition.

Grace and Peace,
Stephen