---
title: 'The Bible’s View of the Atonement'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'J. Gresham Machen'
date: 1945-01-10
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Atonement'
- 'Justification'
- 'Sin'
scriptures:
- 'John 3'
- 'Romans 5'
- 'Isaiah 53'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/machen-1945-the-bibles-view-of-the-atonement
---

# The Bible’s View of the Atonement

Machen defends the substitutionary (penal) view of the atonement, rejecting moral-influence and governmental theories. He argues Christ paid God's justice, securing forgiveness, new birth, and holiness.

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