believe that what they’re really saying is that they don’t like the Christian understanding of the meaning and significance of that death. This goes back to the questions of salvation and of the justice of God. The issue in the New Testament is this: when I sin against God, I incur a debt. I have an obligation to obey Him, and when I disobey Him, I am now morally indebted to Him. Also, I have committed a crime against His law, and I have violated our personal relationship. Thus, we have a debt, a violation