Quote of the Moment:

"It cannot be emphasized too strongly that God's love is the source, not the consequence, of the atonement. . . . God does not love us because Christ died for us; Christ died for us because he loved us. If it is God's wrath which needed to be propitiated, it is God's love which did the propitiating. If it may be said that the propitiation "changed" God, or that by it he is changed Himself, let us be clear he did not change from wrath to love, or enmity to grace, since his character is unchanging. What the propitiation changed was his dealings with us." -- John Stott