Category - penal substitution

How Gibson feeds religious blood lust

Giles Fraser — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 04:13:04 +0100

Apocalypto is a sequel to Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ, reckons Giles Fraser. And he is less than impressed with its message about religion and violence.

Evangelical student organisation splits with leading Christian festival

staff writers — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:42:48 +0100

A group which has been at the centre of legal battles with universities over the rights of Christians to discriminate, has announced it is to split with a leading Christian event.

Hate letters to the Dean of St Albans

Simon Barrow — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:04:24 +0100

Responding to the news of hate letters sent to the Dean of St Alban's over his Holy Week talk on the cross, Ekklesia co-director Simon Barrow commented:

Dean's atonement talk resulted in abuse and obscenity

staff writers — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:12:17 +0100

Jeffrey John's Holy Week talk on the cross produced a torrent of abuse from many who had not heard it. ut his argument against a vindictive atonement theory is mainstream Anglican teaching.

More on the 'penal substitution' row

Simon Barrow — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 22:08:30 +0100

Here's the story that didn't quite make it into The Guardian last Thursday.

Forgiveness is divine, recrimination less so

Simon Barrow — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 01:13:28 +0100

The Guardian's religious affairs correspondent has weighed into the heated debate about Jeffrey John's comments on the atonement.

Is God a psychopath? (Jeffrey John's Lent Talk discussed) BBC Radio 4 Today Programme, 4th April 2007

Press Office — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:28:01 +0100

Ekklesia's director Jonathan Bartley discusses views of the cross and ideas of justice,

Evangelical Bishops attack Jeffrey John talk (without reading it)

staff writers — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:03:40 +0100

Two junior evangelical bishops have attacked a Lent talk to be given tonight on BBC’s Radio 4 by Jeffrey John, the Dean of St Albans cathedral, without reading it.

Evangelical Alliance attacks Steve Chalke over 'lost message' book

staff writers — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 12:00:00 +0000

The row surrounding the controversial book 'The Lost Message of Jesus' has intensified, threatening splits within Evangelicalism, with a public statement issued by the Evangelical Alliance accusing the author, Rev Steve Chalke, of "avoiding" the "key biblical texts" from which the idea of penal substitution is created.