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God’s Pardon: Who Needs It?

I'm reading your Cambridge Elements "The Atonement" and have a question regarding divine pardon. In section 3.3.2.2.3, you explain that to be "guilty" means "liable for punishment". You then end that section with ". . . a person who was once guilty may, i...

atonement, death of christ, forgiveness, pardon, salvation, substitutionary atonement

Why Doesn’t God Simply Forgive Everyone?

Hello Dr. Craig, My question concerns the necessity of faith for salvation. Specifically, if God is perfectly loving and Christ's atonement for the sins of the world is sufficient for the justification of all human beings, how can it be that God requires ...

allah, atonement, forgiveness, islam, pardon, salvation

How to Find Christ

Hi Dr. Craig. I'll try and make this brief. In my own search for truth, I find that the evidence for God and Christianity that you (and other apologists) present seems very cogent, well-structured, and intelligent. After many months of watching your debat...

christian faith, christian living, faith, forgiveness, jesus christ, salvation

Pardoned Sin and Justice

If I am guilty of a grave sin (I kill a mother's daughter while driving drunk, for example) but then repent and am saved by the blood of Christ, I die and go to heaven. If I am no longer guilty of sin having been justified, where is the justice for the mot...

atonement, expiation, forgiveness, pardon, penal substitution, satisfaction of divine justice

Is My Wife in Hell?

I am a Christian, but am at loggerheads with some who say my late wife, who had clinical depression and killed herself is in Hell. She caused me to have a brain-injury through her actions and yet I forgive her and am sorry too. Can God not be as forgiving as m...

atonement, divine mercy, forgiveness, heaven, hell, pardon

Should I Forgive Someone Who Commits Evil Against Me?

christian living, forgiveness, love

What Happens When a Person Appears Before God with Unforgiven Sin?

Hi Dr. Craig, I'm a big fan of your work, especially your Defenders class. My question is what happens when a person appears before God with unforgiven sin? Whether you appear before God with all of your sins unforgiven, or just some of your sins unforgi...

death, forgiveness, judgement, salvation, sin

Could God Have Pardoned Sin without Punishment?

Dear Dr. Craig, I have asked about the atonement in a previous submission. Please forgive this final, multipart question, which can stand alone. Here is the question. Even if it is legitimate for God to use vicarious liability and punishment in saving us--le...

anselm, atonement, forgiveness, hugo grotius, pardon, penal substitution