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Studies in REFORMED THEOLOGY AND HISTORY ARDENS r VlVHKS New Series Number 3 PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Studies in REFORMED THEOLOGY AND HISTORY AM>fNS*VlVMS EDITORIAL COUNCIL CHAIR Thomas W. Gillespie EDITOR David Willis ASSISTANT EDITOR Gregory Faulkner EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Barbara Chaapel Sang Lee Ronald de Groot Bruce McCormack Jane Dempsey Douglass Elsie McKee Nancy Duff Daniel Migliore William Harris John Wilson James Moorhead EDITORIAL COUNCIL Edward Dowey 1995 Wilhelm Neuser Dawn De Vries Jung Song Rhee Richard Gamble Thomas Torrance John Leith Nicholas WolterstorfF Brian Armstrong 1998 Heiko Oberman Fritz Biisser Janos Pasztor Brian Gerrish Leanne Van Dyk Robert Kingdon Nobuo Watanabe Irena Backus 2001 Bernard Roussel John de Gruchy Jean-Loup Seban John Hesselink Willem van ’t Spijker William Klempa Michael Welker Editorial Offices Princeton Theological Seminary, P.O. Box 821, Princeton, NJ 08542-0803 fax (609) 497-7829 #ro, JOHN MCLEOD CAMPBELL The Extent and Nature of the Atonement Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016 with funding from Princeton Theological Seminary Library https://archive.org/details/studiesinreforme03prin JOHN MCLEOD CAMPBELL The Extent and Nature of the Atonement JAMES C. GOODLOE IV A»VtN$<TVlVfrtS PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Studiesin ReformedTheologyandHistoryispublishedbyPrincetonTheological Seminary.AllcorrespondenceshouldbeaddressedtoStudiesinReformedTheology and History, P.O. Box 821, Princeton, NJ 08542 0803, USA. Fax (609) 497-7829. MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS Contributions to Studies in ReformedTheology and History are invited. Copies ofprintedandelectronicmanuscriptrequirementsareavailableupon requestfromthe Editor at the above address. COPYRIGHT AND PERMISSIONS No part ofthis book may be reproduced in anyform, orbyany means, without per- mission in writing from the publisher. Copyright © 1997 James C. Goodloe IV. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States ofAmerica. ISBN: 1-889980-09-9 This book is printed on acid-free paper. Contents Editor’s Preface vii Christian Experience and the Extent of the Atonement I 1 Campbell’s Early Years 2 The Row Sermons on Christian Experience 6 The Trial on the Extent ofthe Atonement 23 Conclusion 32 II Christian Experience and the Nature of the Atonement 37 Campbell’s Middle Years 37 The Glasgow Sermons on Christian Experience 43 The Nature ofthe Atonement 52 Conclusion 66 Annotated Bibliography 69 Editor’s Preface PartoftherenewedinterestinJohnMcLeodCampbellisthedramasurround- ing his trial for heresy in the Church ofScotland. As one reads over the ac- counts ofthe proceedings against Campbell, there remains something elusive which might more charitablyaccountforthe relative rapidityofthejudgment and for the difficulty he had in getting a serious examination ofhis views of the atonement. It is as ifthere had been brewing certain tendencies around which the Church ofScotlandwas already polarized, so thatCampbell’s views were heard and read by people preoccupied with an earlierconflict, impatient to put it definitively to rest-whether or not Campbell was really teaching what they were excited about. Most ofwhat makes him ofinterest to us today, however, is not even the challenge ofpresenting his theology as a cohesive whole, but the fact that he has an irrepressible influence to keep theologians and pastors from ignoring the multiplicity with which Scriptures treat the question ofthe ultimate des- tinyofall humansbeforetheGodknown in Christtobesovereign love. Those who believe there will be a final rejection ofsome at the end have to contend withchargeofeschatologicaldualism. Thosewhohavenoqualmsaboutteach- ingan unconditionaluniversalism ofsalvation forall—repentance orno repentance,faithornofaith-havetocontendwiththeseriousnesswithwhichScrip- tures treat costly grace. James Goodloe’s study sets forth a balanced overview of Campbell’s thought and ofthe contexts in which it emerged and developed. Both sides ofeach debated issue are so even-handedly presented that the serious reader is thrown back on the need to be as clear as possible about what his or her own position is and the reasons for it-even ifthat position be the envious butuntenableone ofapathy. The annotated bibliographythat theauthorpro- vides is arranged chronologically. I would suggest that readers further consult the volume on more ofCampbell’s theology done by Professor Leann van Dyk. Vll JOHN MCLEOD CAMPBELL: ATONEMENT Vlll James Goodloe did his undergraduate work at Davidson College, studied at Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, took his doctor’s degree at the University ofChicago, and is now the pastor ofthe Grace Covenant Presby- terian Church, Richmond, Virginia. David Willis