Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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William Lane Craig and a panel of scholars present positions on the doctrine of the Atonement at the AAR/SBL 2025 conference. This session was part of the Scripture and Doctrine Seminar hosted by the Institute for Biblical Research Affiliate.

00:00 -- Introduction of Atonement in Historical Perspective: R. Lucas Stamps
00:04:34 -- William Lane Craig: Legal Analogies to Imputation of Sins and Penal Substitution
00:29:47 -- Thomas McCall: The Atonement and Christ's Cry of Dereliction from the Cross
00:52:40 -- Adam Johnson: The Proper Limits of Penal Substitution

Part two of this session includes a response from Jennifer Powell McNutt and open discussion among the panelists.

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