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The Healing Atonement Library

Introduction

We believe Jesus is the Divine Physician who became one of us, to become the Perfect Patient, to become the full Cure for our sin-sickness — by perfecting the remedy for sin in himself. Below, you will find a Study Guide, Sources, and Practical Tools for learning more about Healing Atonement, which we also call Medical Substitutionary Atonement.

Walk Through Our Study Guide

See the Sources

These resources explore the foundation of Medical Substitution as the best understanding of the Bible, and the original understanding of the church. There are also links to books, web articles, etc. from representatives of the three broad Christian traditions.

For More Information

• Atonement and the Stone Table for Pints with Jack, May 13, 2023. A 35 minute video where Mako joined David Bates to talk about the death of Aslan the Lion in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. We also engaged with The Magician’s Nephew and The Great Divorce. Mako argues that Aslan’s death represents a medical substitutionary atonement. of Early and Eastern Christianity It was a short summary of his longer paper, C.S. Lewis’ Theology of Atonement.

• Healing Atonement and Restorative Justice for The New Evangelicals, Mar 14, 2022

• Talking About Atonement for Can I Say This At Church? Feb 28, 2022

• Non-Violent Atonement for InVerse Podcast, Sep 21, 2021

• Can We Be Re-Traumatized by Our Theory of Atonement? for Being With: On Neuroscience, Spiritual Formation, and Faith, Apr 16, 2021

• Restorative vs. Retributive Justice and the Implications for Public Life. Journal of Urban Ministry, June 2020.

• A Restorative God for Rethinking God with Tacos, Apr 10, 2020

• Deconstructing and Reconstructing the Atonement for Gravity Leadership, Feb 11, 2020

• Beyond Penal Substitution for Almost Heretical, Mar 14, 2018

The Work of The Anástasis Center

We seek to help people experience Jesus by understanding God’s restorative justice and Jesus’ healing of human nature.

We write on the Bible and Hot Topics for people to use for their personal enrichment, day-to-day life, and ministry.

We design tools for evangelism, pastors and preachers, spiritual directors, children’s ministers and parents, counselors, and missionaries who seek to engage other cultures and belief systems.

We apply Christian ethics for US citizens, policymakers, and educators to engage the public square.

We recover insights from the early Christians to help Christians understand the tradition of Early and Eastern Christianity.

We engage with art and storytelling as well.

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