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Eric Schneider and I were recently interviewed by the guys over at the Rebel Alliance Media Podcast to discuss a recent episode of the Unbelievable podcast that featured a discussion between Bruxy Cavey and Paul Carter, council member of the Gospel Coalition Canada. Below is the two-part podcast audio as well as the show notes
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The doctrine of penal substitutionary atonement (PSA) has been at the center of a recent theological controversy here in Ontario. Throughout church history, Christians have rightly understood this doctrine to be central to Christ’s cross-work. Since the 19th century, however, in conjunction with the rise of liberalism, this doctrine has periodically found itself in the
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Jesus Christ died on the cross as a propitiation for our sins (1 John 2:2). He bore our sins in his body on the cross as our substitute (1 Peter 2:24). In doing so, he pacified the wrath of God on behalf of his people. This is known as the doctrine of penal substitutionary atonement (PSA).
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My pastor, Jacob Reaume, has recently said that “penal substitutionary atonement is central to the Christian gospel” and that “to deny penal substitutionary atonement (PSA) is to deny the Gospel.” I wholeheartedly agree. Without Christ’s penal substitution, there remains no saving gospel. There was no other way for the penalty of our sins to be
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On the cross, Jesus Christ paid the penalty for sin, fully bearing and satisfying God’s wrath toward the sins of his people. He was punished in our place as our substitute. He is the propitiation for our sins. This biblical truth is known as penal substitutionary atonement and is central to the gospel message. Without
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A bunch of big name pastors are gutting Christ’s cross-work from the gospel. Denying that Christ propitiated God, they claim that God did not pour out His wrath on Christ. For them, Christ did not bear the wrath of God. They say that God did not require blood to forgive sins. Instead, they allege, God
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Why did Jesus die on the cross? That the cross is central to Christianity makes the answer to that question crucially important. Central to all aspects of His crucifixion is that on the cross Jesus paid the penalty for sin. His payment fully satisfied God’s wrath so that His death turned God’s wrath away from us. On the cross he suffered the wrath we deserve…
Jesus died and suffered on the cross, but beyond that what did the crucifixion accomplish? “Atonement” is the term used to describe what Christ accomplished through His crucifixion. With millennia of church history behind us we should not be surprised by the vast attempts to explain the atonement. Some call the many explanations, “atonement theories.”
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