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John 18–21 and Penal Substitutionary #Atonement (2nd Ed.)

As an uncommon #PassionWeek unfolds, I thought some (perhaps) uncommon thoughts about atonement in John’s Gospel might be of help.
Over recent years, the doctrine of penal substitutionary atonement (hereafter ‘PSA’) has attracted a significant number of criticisms.

One of the more novel among them concerns the issue of PSA’s provenance.
‘The Gospels’, one writer claims, ‘don’t address the subject of the cross in the way Christians wish they had’.

They are ‘not particularly concerned with the question of how Jesus’ death enables sinners to be forgiven’ (which, of course, is what PSA purport to explain);
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