Why Did Jesus Have to Die?

Under construction. Meantime see Nicky Gumbel, "Why did Jesus die?" in his Questions of Life (Eastbourne, UK: Kingsway, 1993-95), pp. 43-55; John Stott, The Cross of Christ (Leicester: IVP, 1986); James I. Packer, "Jesus Christ, the only Saviour," in George Egerton, ed., Anglican Essentials: Reclaiming faith within the Anglican Church of Canada (Toronto: ABC, 1995), pp. 98-110; Thomas C. Oden, The Word of Life: Systematic Theology: Volume Two (Harper San Francisco, 1989), especially Part III, "He died for our sins," pp. 317-425. The United Church Committee on Theology and Faith's Reconciling & Making New: Who is Jesus for the world today? (Etobicoke: UCofC, 1987) deals with atonement in chapter 3, "To reconcile and make new," pp. 19-25. Gerhard Bihl wrote "Is the atonement necessary in Christian experience?" in TD&O VI/2, July 1991, Green pp. 4-5.