PSA vs Christus Victor & Who Did Jesus Preach To in 1 Peter 3? (Spirits in Prison)
In this episode of the Ask A Christian Podcast, Nate and the panel dig into two of the thorniest debates in Christian theology: penal substitutionary atonement (PSA) vs. Christus Victor, and the identity of the "spirits in prison" in 1 Peter 3:19.
It starts with a real-world flashpoint — a wave of anti-Calvinist TikTok and Clubhouse Christians branding PSA as heretical. The panel unpacks what's actually at stake: is the problem the "penal" (legal, punishment-based) framing, or substitutionary atonement itself? They walk through Old Testament sacrifice, the meaning of "atonement" as…
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