Tag Archives: Penal Substitutionary Atonement

A faithful discussion on the atonement

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Mel Wild

Here’s another interesting video interview for a followup to my post, “On atonement theories and the nature of God.” This discussion is between two pastoral leaders in the UK, Steve Chalke and Andrew Wilson, that shows how serious followers of … Continue reading →

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On atonement theories and the nature of God

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Mel Wild

I was in an interesting conversation over at Insanitybytes22’s blog with her post, “A Wrinkle in Time….” The subject was about the atonement. You might be surprised to hear this if you’ve only heard one version of the atonement but, … Continue reading →

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N.T. Wright on Christus Victor and Penal Substitution theories

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Mel Wild

If’ you’ve read my posts about the atonement you know that I ‘ve been rather hard on the popular Penal Substitution theory of atonement. While I believe large parts of it are harmful to our understanding of God as a Father and it misses … Continue reading →

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Another perspective on The Shack

Posted on March 26, 2017 by Mel Wild

Instead of posting a song this Sunday, I would like to post a recent video from John Crowder where he responds to people who wanted his perspective on the movie The Shack. I include this because of our recent discussion on … Continue reading →

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Our Father is not Molech

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Mel Wild

As Father’s Day approaches, here’s two tales describing very different fathers. But first, I want you to think about what constitutes being a good father. Also remember that parables never give the whole story. They’re simply meant to make a point that we … Continue reading →

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Is the Cross about a courtroom trial or a family reunion?

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Mel Wild

I’ve written about the atonement several times on this blog over the last year, mostly refuting the main points of Penal Substitutionary Atonement (PSA). Whenever I do this, I can feel the suspicious looks some of you give me. Some of you may be wondering … Continue reading →

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Did God kill Jesus? Part three

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Mel Wild

Was God actually pleased to crush Jesus(crush, meaning kill)? We’re now ready to turn our attention to Isaiah 53:10. This is part three in my short series that looks at the question, “Did God kill Jesus?” The reason for this faithful question … Continue reading →

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Did God kill Jesus? Part two

Posted on August 19, 2015 by Mel Wild

We’ve been asking some faithful questions about the popular view of atonement (Penal Substitutionary Atonement, or PSA) that postulates that God killed Jesus in order to forgive us. The main verse advocates use for this view is Isaiah 53:10. We will get to PSA’s proof-text in due course, but … Continue reading →

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Did God kill Jesus? Introduction

Posted on August 15, 2015 by Mel Wild

Did God the Father have to kill His beloved Son, Jesus, in order to forgive us? Before I can talk about this subject, I’m going to have to play the part of Morpheus. You’re going to need to make a decision.

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