About the Author
Jason Rioux is the pastor of Helena Valley Baptist Church in Helena, Montana. He and his wife, Nichole, have been married for twenty-five years and have two sons, Isaac and Nathan. His ministry is shaped by a desire to preach Christ faithfully, teach the Scriptures clearly, and help God’s people see the beauty, sufficiency, and glory of the finished work of Christ.
The burden behind From Wrath to Welcome grew out of pastoral ministry, preaching, teaching, and the repeated need to help believers understand not only that Christ saves them from wrath, but that He brings them into the favor and fellowship of God. Many Christians know that Jesus died for their sins. Far fewer have lingered over what His death accomplished before God: wrath was borne, justice was satisfied, enmity was removed, and sinners united to Christ are welcomed by the Father.
Jason writes as a pastor and teacher, not as a detached theologian. His aim is not to make propitiation a cold or abstract doctrine, but to show its warmth, weight, and worship-producing power. If Christ has truly satisfied the wrath of God, then the believer is not merely pardoned, tolerated, or conditionally accepted. In Christ, the believer is received, loved, and welcomed into communion with God.
From Wrath to Welcome was written for Christians who struggle to believe that God is truly for them, for pastors and teachers who want clearer language for the Godward work of the cross, and for anyone who wants to see more deeply how holiness, justice, love, mercy, assurance, adoption, and worship meet in the blood of Jesus Christ.
Jason’s desire is simple: that readers would see Christ more clearly, draw near to God more confidently, and worship the Father with deeper joy because the Son has drained the cup, borne the sword, and opened the way home.
About the Project
The Propitiation Project exists to help Christians recover the biblical weight, warmth, and worship of propitiation.
Propitiation is one of Scripture’s clearest words for what Christ accomplished before God in His death. It tells us that the wrath of God was not ignored, minimized, or quietly set aside. It was borne by Christ. The justice of God was not compromised. It was satisfied in Christ. The enmity caused by sin was not overlooked. It was removed through Christ. And the result is not merely that sinners are spared from condemnation, but that all who are united to Christ by faith are welcomed into the favor and fellowship of God.
The book From Wrath to Welcome grew out of a pastoral concern that many Christians know Jesus died for their sins, but have not fully considered what His death accomplished before the Father. They know they are forgiven, but still struggle to believe they are welcomed. They know there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, but still live with a lingering sense that God merely tolerates them.
This project seeks to bring the doctrine of propitiation out of the footnotes and into the life of worship, assurance, prayer, preaching, discipleship, and joy. It is not an attempt to make a cold theological term sound interesting. It is an invitation to linger over the glory of the cross until the believer can say with confidence: wrath has been borne, justice has been satisfied, the Father’s welcome has been secured, and in Christ I may draw near.
The Propitiation Project is being developed as a home for the book, related teaching, church resources, excerpts, study materials, and devotional reflections centered on the finished work of Christ. Its aim is simple: to help Christians see more clearly how the holiness, justice, wrath, love, mercy, and welcome of God meet in the blood of Jesus Christ.