Compare and contrast two theories of atonement. What do they say about God? "What if God was one of us? Just a slob like one of us, just a stranger on the bus trying to make his way home, like a holy rolling stone, back up to heaven all alone, nobody calling on the phone, except for the Pope maybe in Rome." These words sung by Joan Osborne talk about what if God was one …showed first 75 words of 1445 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1445 total…for us to be atoned Christ came and did it. Romans 5:17 says "If death got the upper hand through one man's wrongdoing, can you imagine the breath taking recovery life makes, sovereign life, in those who grasp with both hands this wildly extravagant life-gift, this grand setting-everything-right, that the one man Jesus Christ provides?" And now we live under the umbrella of that love and grace of God which forgives and redeems us for eternity.