‘The good God will forgive me; that’s his job (or his speciality).’ Quoted by S. C. Neill in Christian Faith Today, p.145. James Denney attributed the quotation to Heine in his Death of Christ, p.186.
Matt. 6:12–15; 18:21-35.
Emil Brunner, Mediator, p. 448.
P. Carnegie Simpson, Fact of Christ, p.109.
For the emphasis on ‘holy love’ see P. T. Forsyth in both Cruciality of the Cross and Work of Christ, William Temple in Christus Veritas,e.g. pp.257, 269, and Emil Brunner in Mediator.
Similar statements appear on pp.28 and 114.
Alec R. Vidler, Essays in Liberality, p.45.
J. N. D. Anderson, Morality, Law and Grace, p.38.
Malcolm Jeeves, R. J. Berry and David Atkinson, Free to Be Different, p.155.
Isa. 42:1–3; Matt. 12:15–21. God also distinguishes between sins committed in ignorance and those committed knowingly and deliberately. See, e.g. Luke 23:34; Acts 3:17; 1 Tim. 1:13.
Deut. 30:15–20; Josh. 24:15.
John 6:44; 5:40.
Emil Brunner, Man In Revolt, p.257.
Friedrich Nietzsche, The Anti-Christ, pp.167–168.
Jer. 6:14; 8:11.
William Glasser, Reality Therapy, pp.5–41.
Karl Menninger, Whatever Became of Sin?, p.180.
C. S. Lewis’ essay ‘The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment’ has been published in several collections of his writings. I have used the text as it appears in Churchmen Speak, ed. Philip E. Hughes, pp.39–44. See also C. S. Lewis’ letter to T. S. Eliot on 25 May 1962 in Letters of C. S. Lewis, ed. W. H. Lewis, p.304. He writes: ‘It is vile tyranny to submit a man to compulsory “cure”. .. unless he deserves it’.
Hab. 1:13; Isa. 59:1ff.
E.g. Exod. 33:20–23; Judg. 13:22.
Exod. 3:6; Isa. 6:1–5; Job 42:5–6; Ezek. 1:28; Dan. 10:9; Luke 5:8; Rev. 1:17.
R. V. G. Tasker, Biblical Doctrine of the Wrath of God, p.vii. ‘Wrath’ is attributed to Jesus in Mark 3:5 and (perhaps, following some manuscripts) Mark 1:41.
Matt. 5:21–26; Gal. 5:20; Eph. 4:31; Col. 3:8.
Rom. 2:5; 4:15; 1 Thess. 2:16; 1:10; Rom. 5:9.
Rom. 1:18–32 and 13:1–7. C. H. Dodd refers to these on pp.26 and 204 of his commentary.
James Denney, article ‘Anger’, pp.60–62.
Leon Morris, Cross in the New Testament, pp.190–191. See also his Apostolic Preaching, pp.161–166.
2 Sam. 6:6–7. Cf 1 Sam. 6:19. Plain warnings had been given to the Levites, whose responsibility it was to dismantle, carry and reassemble the Tabernacle. See Num. 1:51, 53.
Johannes Fichtner in his article on orgē, pp.401–402.
