by CBR Staff

In the weeks leading up to Easter, several difficult theological questions rise to the surface. How is the Trinity involved in the crucifixion and resurrection? What do we make of Jesus’s cry of dereliction? What should we say (or not say) about the atonement? Where does Christ “go” during his three days in the tomb?

The CBR folks have created several brief explainers over the years, so we created a brief one-stop shop here for some of these big questions:

Did God Die on the Cross?: The Trinity and the Crucifixion by Brandon D. Smith

Parameters for the Cry of Dereliction and Canonical Parameters for the Cry of Dereliction by Matthew Y. Emerson

Analytic Theology, Sin, and the Cry of Dereliction with Brandon D. Smith and Thomas H. McCall

Baptist Catholicity and Penal Substitutionary Atonement by R. Lucas Stamps and Matthew Y. Emerson

Why Holy Saturday Matters by Matthew Y. Emerson

Christ’s Descent to the Dead: Four Myths by Matthew Y. Emerson

Who Raised Jesus from the Dead?: The Trinity and the Resurrection by Brandon D. Smith

Jesus is the God-Man, Not the Flawed Man by Brandon D. Smith and Madison N. Pierce