Behold the wiles of the devil! I’m hearing Travis behind the scenes muttering to himself, “It’s Christus Victor…it’s Christus Victor…all the atonement theories fit nicely under Christus Victor.”
Can he not see what he’s allowing himself to believe? He has to change the name of our Savior in order to get it to fit into his atonement theory! Our Savior’s name is not Victor! Victor did not die for my sins.
You see, folks, this is what happens when we don’t submit to the only acceptable and comprehensive explanation of the atonement: penal substitution. You get something silly like “Christus Victor,” and then you throw the name of Jesus right out the window. Look: Since Jesus is the only name whereby we must be saved, and this so-called atonement theory throws out the name of Jesus and replaces it with Victor, it can’t possibly “atone” for anything.
It’s all in the name. And besides, it’s clear that penal substitution is the only legitimate and complete explanation for the atonement. If it’s about the name, then we know that (a) penal substitution does not change the Savior’s name to Victor, and (b) unlike “Christus Victor,” there’s no way to ridicule or distort the term “penal substitution.”
2 responses so far ↓
1 Brian // Jan 25, 2008 at 3:05 pm
I’m kinda surprised Fred even knows what “penal substitution” is.
2 Travis Prinzi // Jan 25, 2008 at 11:54 pm
Oh, he knows, and he knows better than you do. (At least that’s what he told me to write…OK, so it’s only part of what he told me to write. I wouldn’t let him log in himself, because he was planning to use a lot of swears.)
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