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Recent days have observed a issue among evangelicals over the way the death of Christ is usually to be interpreted. Whenever a popular English evangelical leader seemed to denounce the idea that God was punishing Christ in our put on the combination as a "twisted version of happenings," "morally dubious," and a "huge barrier to faith" that should be rejected in favour of preaching only that God is love, major controversy was stirred. Many thought the idea of penal substitution was in the centre of the evangelical understanding of the combination, if not the sole reputable interpretation of the death of Christ. Yet for some time less popular evangelical theologians have been getting in touch with this traditional interpretation of the atonement into question. So, is the original evangelical view of penal substitution the biblical reason of Christ's death or among the many? Is it the non-negotiable heart of evangelical theology or a time-bound reason that has outlived its usefulness? What does indeed the combination say about the character of God, the nature of the law and sin, this is of elegance, and our approach to missions? The public issue which resulted was often heated up. In order to act as reconcilers, the Evangelical Alliance and the London Institution of Theology called for a symposium in which advocates of the different positions could build relationships each other. The symposium, which was attended by some 200 members, was held when the July 7th bombings occurred in London and drew along a lot of Britain's finest evangelical theologians. This publication contains the assortment of papers given at the symposium, supplemented by way of a few others for the sake of rounding out the agenda, and grouped in convenient portions.
