McRay gives the common definition of atonement indicating that it is the “satisfaction or reparation for a wrong or injury; amends,” and theologically as “the doctrine concerning the reconciliation of God and man, especially as accomplished through the life, suffering, and death of Christ” (McRay, 2003). Without this atonement, we are incapable on our own of ever having a relationship with God due to our sins. It is the only thing that makes it possible for us to be reconciled with God. McRay
McRay gives the common definition of atonement indicating that it is the “satisfaction or reparation for a wrong or injury; amends,” and theologically as “the doctrine concerning the reconciliation of God and man, especially as accomplished through the life, suffering, and death of Christ” (McRay, 2003). Without this atonement, we are incapable on our own of ever having a relationship with God due to our sins. It is the only thing that makes it possible for us to be reconciled with God. McRay