Too Atonement Centered???

I read Mark Dever's article in this month's issue of Christianity Today called "Nothing but the Blood". He talks of evangelical Christians that are calling people too atonement-centered, that their focus is too much on Christ's death. Dever says this in the article of this doctrine of the Atonement of Christ, "At stake is nothing less than the essence of Christianity. Historically understood, Christ's atonement gives hope to Christians in their sin and in their suffering. If we have any assurance of salvation, it is because of Christ's Atonement; if any joy, it flows from Christ's work on the Cross. The Atonement protects us from our native tendency to replace religion with morality and God's grace with legalism. Apart from Christ's atoning work, we would be forever guilty, ashamed, and condemned before God. But not everyone these days sees it that way." - Christianity Today, Mark Dever "Nothing But the Blood", p. 29
There are other people that don't believe that the atonement is everything - these are called cults!!!!! Mormons are key in this crew. But many others and the list would be very long! Remember that wonderful hymn, "Nothing But the Blood", and the truth that flows from it? What are we clinging to for truth as believers? ....
Read the whole article here: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/005/9.29.html

I have included another interesting comparison in Mormon beliefs and Truth.... Helpful for me in evangelism with Mormons and it's not too much. I'm working on assembling a simple plan for talking to different groups, which I will blog as I go. But here is the website:
http://www.irr.org/MIT/Is-Mormonism-Christian.html

Keep the cross in the center and Jesus at the front! He is the Way, the Truth and the Life! He makes absolute claims about Himself and His necessary death and anyone that denies this is speaking heresy!
Read what Paul says about those who speak another gospel:
"I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel; which is really not another; only there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be ACCURSED! As we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be ACCURSED!" - Galatians 1:6-9

Stand firm for truth! Don't waver like those tossed to-and-fro by every doctrine! By His stripes are we healed! All about Him!!!

Atonement Centered.
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