"If the sin of Adam imputes sin into everyone, why doesn't the resurrection of Jesus impute righteousness into everyone?"
I'm listening to All Things Reconsidered - The Evangelical Black Sheep? and this question was just posed and I feel excited, hopeful, and illuminated all at the same time.
It's All Things Brandon! In episode 18 we dive into Brandon McAlpine's story of being at odds with Evangelical beliefs and eventually embrac
Because what if it does? That changes everything.
I've been reading up on this theory of atonement called Recapitulation that really gives me hope for my own faith in Christ.
In the recapitulation view of the atonement, Christ is seen as the new Adam who succeeds where Adam failed. Christ undoes the wrong that Adam did and, because of his union with humanity, leads humankind on to eternal life (including moral perfection).
I have never heard this theory of atonement until this year despite spending my whole life (I'm in my mid-20s) inside the church. I wish I had heard it sooner. I first encountered it via a tiktok and I immediately saved it for future research. I am excited to learn more.
Any critique I ever heard of universalism was rooted in how it made Christ's death meaningless, but this theory does not suffer from that problem. Christ's death and resurrection remains integral to salvation, for without it there can be no reconciliation of creation to God.