New Testament theologian John Whitaker reviews the book Lamb of the Free, which argues against penal substitutionary atonement (PSA), claiming Old Testament sacrifices were largely non-atoning, lacked substitution, and that Jesus’ death is about participation rather than paying sin’s penalty.
We are saved by grace through faith. Grace is God’s part—God moved first. God sent Jesus, acted in history, and accomplished redemption through the gospel. The cross was not our […]