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Reasonable Faith Podcast

Did God Have to Kill Someone To Save Me?

Reasonable Faith Podcast

William Lane Craig

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Christianity

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Craig reviews various theories of the atonement of Christ and whether a less violent theory is warranted.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Bill, I'm constantly running into articles and having conversations that reminds me of the importance of your book on the Atonement of Christ.

0:13.5

Atonement and the death of Christ is available at reasonable faith.org. And do you still regard this as one of your most important works?

0:23.1

Is the book standing the test of time?

0:25.9

I do regard it, Kevin, as one of my most important works and more relevant today than ever,

0:34.0

as I think the podcast today will disclose.

0:37.2

Whether it's standing the test of time is really hard for me to say.

0:41.7

It was published in 2017.

0:44.4

Since then, there has been a symposium on the book organized by Aaron Davis from St. Andrews

0:51.7

in Scotland that was held at the Evangelical Philosophical Society meeting last year

0:58.2

and has now been recently published in the Society's journal Philosophia Christie.

1:04.1

On the other hand, I recently read a book on the Atonement where the author takes a viewpoint diametrically

1:13.0

opposite mine, and even though his book was published several years later, there was

1:19.9

no knowledge whatsoever of my book, much less interaction or engagement with it.

1:27.2

And so in that sense, it can still be overlooked by people,

1:33.4

and we'll just have to see if it makes an impact over time.

1:38.0

Is there anything that you've added in your systematic philosophical theology

1:42.1

that you didn't include in the book on the atonement.

1:46.0

Yes, there is, Kevin.

1:48.1

The fourth volume of the systematic philosophical theology will deal with the doctrine of Christ,

1:54.6

including the work of Christ, and so Atonement Theory.

2:00.4

And since publishing the book, I have come to realize that the

2:07.1

notion of the imputation of sin or wrongdoing is far more extensive in Western systems of justice than I ever believed.

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