It Doesn't Get Any More Personal - Mark Galli

EVANGELICAL DISTINCTIVES

It Doesn't Get Any More Personal
Why evangelicals give pride of place to penal substitutionary understandings of the Cross.
Mark Galli
I was sitting outside the library at the University of California at Santa Cruz when two other students walked by complaining about Christian faith in the crucifixion of Jesus. As a young Christian with an interest in working with my cohorts to evangelize the campus, I turned my head to hear more. I don't remember much of what they said except the exclamation of one of the women: "Dying on a cross—it's just so disgusting." continue reading >>

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