#53 The Atonement: Cosmic Child Abuse? With Mike Winger (Part 1)

The Alisa Childers Podcast

Alisa Childers

Christianity, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 5.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Today's podcast centers around a book by Brian Zhand called, "Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God," in which Zhand suggests that substitutionary atonement makes God into a divine child abuser. Mike Winger joins me to talk about the book, different atonement theories, and why substitutionary atonement is not only biblical, but beautiful.

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0:00.0	Hey friends, Alisa Childers here.
0:13.0	I am so excited to bring you today's discussion.
0:15.5	We are going to be talking about the atonement.
0:18.2	What happened on the cross?
0:19.5	Why did Jesus die?
0:21.3	Does the idea that God required the blood sacrifice of His only Son turn Him into some kind of cosmic
0:27.0	child abuser?
0:28.3	We are going to talk about all this with a special guest in just a moment.
0:38.2	My guest today is Mike Winger, who is an associate pastor at Huzanna Christian Fellowship in
0:44.5	Bellflower, California.
0:46.3	Mike is the featured teacher of Bible thinker online ministry.
0:51.0	And you can go to that website at BibleThinker.org.
0:54.6	It's a fabulous website, fabulous ministry.
0:57.0	He's a Cabri Chapel guy, graduated from their School of Ministry in Costa Mesa in 2006.
1:04.0	Mike does a Facebook live every Tuesday, and so you can connect with him on Facebook and
1:09.0	watch those videos and interact and ask questions.
1:12.3	And you can find them archived there on YouTube as well.
1:16.3	And I love listening to Mike because he will tackle the most interesting questions.
1:21.3	And he's such a clear thinker and articulate communicator.
1:25.0	So Mike, I'm so glad to have you on the podcast today.
1:27.9	I've wanted to have you on for a while.
1:30.4	But then I saw your review of Brian Zahn's book, Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God.
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