The doctrine of penal substitution states that God gave himself in the person of his Son to suffer instead of us the death, punishment and curse due to fallen humanity as the penalty for sin.

Although this is the historic Christian view, it has recently come under attack. Controversy has raged since 2003 when Steve Chalke, founder of the Oasis Trust, likened the doctrine to ‘a form of cosmic child abuse’.

Pierced for our Transgressions offers a fresh affirmation of penal substitution, engaging with exegetical, theological, pastoral and historical perspectives. It is designed to be useful for pastors, theological students, and all thinking Christians.

 

Responds to a plethora of current criticisms... with a thoroughness and effectiveness that is without parallel anywhere... I hail this treatise as an epoch-making tour de force.

J. I. Packer

 

This book deserves the widespread circulation achieved by ... the contributions of Leon Morris, Jim Packer, and John Stott.

D. A. Carson

 

Pierced for our Transgressions is probably the most significant book on the doctrine... since The Cross of Christ.

Mike Pilavachi, Soul Survivor

 

The authors’ careful work promises to make this book the new standard text on Christ’s atoning work.

Mark Dever

 

There is a need for the vital doctrine of penal substitution to be clearly, comprehensively and compellingly explained. This book does the job admirably.

Stuart Townend, Songwriter

 

As a biblical scholar, I enthusiastically commend the authors for their careful exegesis... From this point on, critics... must interact with the arguments of this book.

Tremper Longman III

 

I particularly wish to encourage those who might not usually dip into such a substantial work to read this careful treatment of a central and glorious Christian doctrine.

Jonathan Lamb, Langham Partnership

 

A well-thumbed copy of Pierced for Our Transgressions ought to rest on the bookshelf of every thoughtful Christian.

R. Kent Hughes

 

A splendid accomplishment... I will make it required reading for all the students I teach.

Michael Ramsden, Zacharias Trust

 

It is difficult to imagine a more important book than Pierced for our Transgressions, or a more helpful one.

C. J. Mahaney, Sovereign Grace Ministries

 

It presents a cogent defence of the biblical and historic church doctrine, and in my view it devastates the criticisms of this position.

John M. Frame

 

I commend this book for its comprehensive and fair scrutiny of the many objections brought against the doctrine of penal substitution in recent years.

I. Howard Marshall

 

Thoroughly researched and well-presented... Penal substitution [is] the only means of removing our guilt and enabling us to be presented faultless before a holy God.

Terry Virgo, New Frontiers

 

This is an important scholarly contribution to a current doctrinal debate with enormous spiritual and pastoral implications.

Timothy George, Christianity Today

 

A careful and well-informed defence of the Christian doctrine of substitutionary atonement.

Gordon Wenham

 

Here is a sure-footed guide to the message of the cross – and therefore to Christ himself, and ultimately to God the Trinity.

Sinclair B. Ferguson

 

The authors of this work compel us to take seriously an objective view of the cross of Christ; one that is not simply dependent on how we feel and what the culture around us promotes.

Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali

 

As an evangelist, I gained renewed confidence to preach the glorious gospel of redemption.

Rico Tice

 

Faithful to Scripture, knowledgeable of history, conversant with current debate, and deeply committed to seeing the Church flourish in our day.

David F. Wells

 

This is a very significant book... Every major objection to penal substitution has been considered, and courteously but firmly answered.

Peter T. O'Brien