What if It’s Not about Substitutionary Atonement?

Good Friday: It’s not about how it worked but that it worked.

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Jesus died on the cross for our sins. That is one of the bedrock beliefs of Christianity. But what does it mean? An idea called penal substitutionary atonement states that God’s perfect justice requires punishment for sin unless it is somehow atoned for. Everyone is guilty in…