God’s anger against sin is real

Theology Is the Wrath of God Really Satisfying? God’s anger against sin is real on Good Friday, but he doesn’t “turn his face away” from the Cross. Thomas H. McCall

“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” These words come from the lips of Jesus as he hangs on the cross (Matt. 27:46; Mark 15:34). They are powerful and haunting, and they are surely very important. But what do they mean—how are we to understand them? Here is one line of thinking that has recently become very popular in some circles. According to C. J. Mahaney, this cry from the lips of Jesus is the “scream of the damned.” He takes this line from R. C. Sproul who ...

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