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.
What hills are worth dying on? What hills are worth living on? If we do not answer these questions clearly, we will either fight about everything or stand for nothing. […]