We continue our Lenten series on Fleming Rutledge’s outstanding book, The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ (2015).
In this post we continue within chapter (11) on The Substitution and particularly Rutledge’s discussions and explanations of objections to the idea of penal substitution – that Jesus not only ‘took our place’ (substitution) at the cross, but also our punishment (penal) as well.
What thoughts or emotional reactions do you have to the cross as a place of penal substitution?
Objections to Penal Substitution
So, without further ado, here is a summary of objections that Rutledge identifies and discusses.…