definite atonement..

A lot of the staying-power of limited atonement, is because it supplies the 'l' in the English acronym – tulip – which gives us the five so-called points of Calvinism. The five points of Calvinism are, total depravity, unconditional election, limited atonement, irresistible grace, and the perseverance of the saints.

Don Carson, however, calls limited atonement, a defensive, restricted expression, and he prefers definite atonement. He prefers atonement, and so did Broughton-Knox, and so does Jim Packer. And a writer called Roger Nicole, who says in one of his articles,

'limited atonement seems to take away from the beauty, glory and fullness of the work of Christ, so I will gladly send the tulips flying. I am not Dutch. I am Swiss, and I do not care about tulips. I want to say definite atonement.'

For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.
2 Corinthians 5:14-15

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