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

It is wonderful to have a whole book on penal substitution.

Roger Nicole

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

D. A. Carson

It is... a great pleasure to commend a book such as this, which seeks to defend a biblical, orthodox understanding of the atonement.

Carl R. Trueman

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

Mike Pilavachi, Soul Survivor

Accessible because it is written in a way that makes maximum use of scholarly resources without obscuring the issues.

Mark Stibbe, St Andrew’s, Chorleywood

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

Mark Dever

The authors defend the doctrine with sparkling clarity and winsome logic... Every objection to penal substitution is considered and refuted.

Thomas R. Schreiner

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

Every generation needs a full defence of this biblical truth and the authors have provided us with an eminently winsome and forthright defence of this glorious doctrine.

Bishop Martin Morrison

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

As a resource for the missionary it is invaluable.

Chris Wigram, UK Director, OMF

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

Pierced for our Transgressions is carefully argued and richly edifying... This book deserves a wide readership.

Mark D. Thompson

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

R. Kent Hughes

I am delighted at this well argued, carefully researched, gracious and thorough defence of the doctrine.

William Taylor, St Helen’s, Bishopsgate

Not so much a defence of the doctrine of penal substitution, this book is more a magnificent counter-attack... Brilliant, passionate and unapologetic.

Jonathan Stephen, Affinity

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

Some things are worth fighting for. The evangelical doctrine of penal substitution is one of them.

Ian Stackhouse, author of The Gospel-Driven Church

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

This book is superb and, in my view, should always be near the preacher’s desk.

Bishop Frank Retief

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

This book offers a formidable challenge to the caricatures and misunderstandings of penal substitution that flourish in many Christian circles today.

David Peterson

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

The historical section puts to the sword any notion that penal substitution is a modern doctrine, not found in the early church Fathers.

A. T. B. McGowan

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

Timothy George, Christianity Today

You will find this book a very useful resource, and an important one in contending for this key understanding of what Christ achieved at Calvary.

Andy Lines, Crosslinks

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

Gordon Wenham

Thoroughly researched and documented, cogently argued and presented with great clarity, this is a timely and much-needed restatement of the central biblical doctrine of penal substitution.

David Jackman

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

A wide-ranging and heart-warming treatment of penal substitution... It deserves to be widely used by serious Christians concerned to know both what the Bible teaches.

Liam Goligher, author of The Jesus Gospel

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

Scholarly, detailed, heart-warming and satisfying... Let all who deny the doctrine respond to this book.

Brian H. Edwards, former President, FIEC

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

Rico Tice

I recommend it to preachers, apologists and all serious Bible students – it is worth ten times whatever it will cost you!

John Dunnett, CPAS

The treatment of the biblical material is in itself worth the price of the book.

Dale Ralph Davis

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

David F. Wells

Pierced for our Transgressions is set to become one of the most important books for evangelicalism at this critical moment of time.

Richard Cunningham, UCCF

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

Peter T. O'Brien

A warm, biblical, thorough and endearing defence of Jesus’ great work on the cross.

Roger Carswell, Evangelist

We are indebted to the authors of this book for the masterly way in which they have lucidly articulated and defended the vital doctrine of the penal substitution of Christ.

Lindsay Brown, IFES

All who gratefully believe that ‘the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all,’ read this book – and let your heart sing!

Steve Brady, Moorlands College

This is a timely and magnificent book, which will inform heads and warm hearts about the amazing love of God for us.

Bishop Wallace Benn

Those who are repelled by provocative and unhelpful caricatures of... penal substitution will find the present volume exceptionally helpful and informative.

T. D. Alexander