The authors have given us a wide-ranging and heart-warming treatment of penal substitution. They have a firm grasp of the biblical material, and are thoroughly aware of the current debates and scholarly issues involved. Above all they know the stakes are high, none other than the gospel itself and the health of Christ’s Church. It deserves to be widely used by serious Christians concerned to know both what the Bible teaches and what the church has preached from its earliest days concerning the cross of Christ.

Liam Goligher, author of The Jesus Gospel and Pastor, Duke Street Church, Richmond-upon-Thames