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Why did Christ have to die such a terrible death on the cross? Was there no other way? Why was there need for a divine substitute? This book explores the very heart of the Christian Gospel—that Christ died in the place of sinners, bearing their sin and guilt and the just and holy punishment that they deserved from God. The doctrine of the atonement has become the subject of intense debate, and...

Foreword John Wesley once claimed that nothing in Christian teaching ‘is of greater importance than the doctrine of the atonement.’1 This book is based on the conviction that Wesley was right. It begins with a statement of the biblical doctrine of the atonement followed by a survey of the broad Christian tradition from the early church to the present day. The deliberate focus is upon one specific aspect of the atonement: that of Christ’s death as a divine substitute for sinners. In days when immediacy
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