Forgiveness of Sins: Problems with Penal Substitution
On first reading the ending of the Apostles’ Creed it can seem like the last few clauses have almost nothing to do with one another. We all have that one kitchen drawer where all the random, loose odds and ends wind up. Is that what we have at the end of the Creed? Is this the Creed’s “junk drawer?” What does “the holy catholic church” and “the forgiveness of sins” and “the resurrection of the body” have to do with one another?
The truth is that all these final clauses are tightly related, but it can be hard for us to see the relation between them. This week we began to talk about the…
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