A Multi-Intentioned View of the Extent of the Atonement

by Gary L Shultz, Bruce a Ware (Foreword)

About the Contributor(s): Gary L. Shultz Jr. (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church in Fulton, Missouri, Assistant Professor of Religion at Liberty University Online, and Adjunct Professor of Theology and Church History at Baptist Bible Theological Seminary. He has written several scholarly articles and reviews.

Genres: Theology

206 pages, Hardcover

First published January 6, 2014

Reviews

[John Brackbill · Rating 3 out of 5]

You can tell that this is a book based on a dissertation. It's an easy read but a bit clunky at times. I took that to be left over academic requirement and form. However the content is excellent. He would be in agreement with John s Hammond in perspectives of the extent of the atonement three views book. However they would differ on how many intentions there were for the cross and whether or not some are not intentions but results of the multi intentions God had. For example preaching the gospel to all people and providing a further ground for condemnation. If one wants to learn more about the multi-intension view I'd recommend reading the three views book first and then this one.

[Allen Tsai · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thought-provoking. I think Shultz does a good job in presenting both sides of the argument, although I'm not sure either popular position would deny multiple intentions in the atonement (especially Calvinists). Perhaps much of the confusion is our association of atonement accomplishing only salvific effects.

[Hank Pharis · Rating 2 out of 5]

Perhaps the best book I've read on the extent of the atonement. He doesn't resolve all the debates but his proposal
that God had multiple purposes makes the best sense of all that the Bible says.