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{{box | text=This is an opinion article by opinionarticle}}''By R. Hall.''{{rtoc}}
==The theory==
<blockquote>Sinful human beings are redeemed from the guilt, penalty and power of sin only through the sacrificial death once and for all time of their representative and substitute, Jesus Christ, the only mediator between them and God</blockquote>
and Adrian Warnock, in a post entitled [http://www.adrian.warnockadrianwarnock.infocom/2004/11/steve-chalke-and-lost-message-of-jesus.htm Adrian WarnockSteve Chalke and the Lost Message of Jesus] wrote recently:
<blockquote>There is no doubt that this view of the atonement as primarily a judicial matter, that is, there being a real penalty for sin that God exacts from Christ, is the theory that evangelicals have always held dear. The wrath of God against sin is very real and needs to be turned away.</blockquote>
To ask questions of "penal substitution", as dear as it is to evangelicals, is not to question the fundamental fact of the power of the Cross. I think Steve Chalke has done us all a favour by raising the issue and making it clear that the Cross of Christ cannot be reduced to a single theory but is an eternal mystery beyond our comprehension and before which we can only fall to our knees in worship.
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