The Proud God?

There has been a great deal of debate in recent years over the question of the Atonement, specifically the question of which idea or model of the Atonement is, in fact, the primary Biblical perspective. There is no need to go into the history of this debate here, though it is a fascinating topic in its own right.

What concerns me is the primary difference between penal substitution and its detractors (who are, as with any revolutionary group, driven by a variety of ideas). There have been many criticisms of penal substitution that might pass for an overarching fault line, but speaking on a personal level, I believe that there is one distinction in the current models of penal substitution that, as it happens, is the central barrier between the idea's acceptance and rejection.