Theophilus Monk’s Christian Internet Ministry

Follow this link to read an article from the online Christianity Today on the Wondrous Cross, Since Jesus’ death nearly 2,000 years ago, theologians such as Origen, Anselm of Canterbury, Peter Abelard, and John Calvin have proposed ways of understanding it: as a Ransom paid to Satan, a Satisfaction required by God, a Moral Influence for humanity, a Penal Substitution for the punishment due to humankind. Some of these theories, referencing animal sacrifices and God’s wrath, can make for a hard sell for many in modern times, http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2009/may/32.72.html?start=1 .