Explicit Reference to Christ's Suffering on the Cross as Being part of the Atonement in the August 2020 Ensign

 

 

Redeemer

 

Jesus saved each of us from death and sin. He willingly suffered for our sins in Gethsemane and on Calvary. After dying on the cross, He was resurrected. Through His Atonement, Jesus Christ overcame both spiritual and physical death. Jesus redeems all who believe and “who have a broken heart and a contrite spirit” (2 Nephi 2:7). (“Saving You is the Plan—He is the Way,” Ensign August 2020, p. 39)

 

Further Reading

 

John Hilton III and Joshua P. Barringer, The Use of Gethsemane by Church Leaders, 1859-2018

 

Michael G. Reed, Banishing the Cross: The Emergence of a Mormon Taboo