"Christus Victor" is WHY Jesus died. (Colossians 2:15; Hebrews 2:14-15; 1 John 3:8)
"Penal Substitution" is HOW His death worked. (Romans 3:25-26; Galatians 3:13; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 John 2:2, 4:10)[/quote} This is not HOW, but what He did. These are all Incarnational verses and does not even apply to ONLY believers.
Correct for most, but hardly for the Calvinist. These all infer man's responsibility where as Calvinism man has no responsibility.
You cannot have false teaching/doctrines running parallel to the correct ones and think that would suffice.
You need to do a lot more study of all the options because at this point you do not understand them, if you cannot separate them.
"Moral Example/Influence" is WHAT we are to do in response. (1st John 3:16, 4:7-12; Romans 5:8; 1 Peter 2:21)
Honestly, I don't understand how people see these as opposing views,
as they work together perfectly as the harmony of the Atonement effected/affected upon the elect through Christ.
as they work together perfectly as the harmony of the Atonement effected/affected upon the elect through Christ.
You need to do a lot more study of all the options because at this point you do not understand them, if you cannot separate them.