Clip (<5 mins)
Philosophy
Orthodox
God Paying God? David Bentley Hart Calls This ‘Degrading Nonsense’
Theologian
David Bentley Hart
Duration
3.00
Uploaded to YouTube
11 March 2026
Added to Database
8 April 2026
YouTube description
Did the cross mean God poured out His wrath on Jesus?
Theologian David Bentley Hart argues that the common Western idea of penal substitutionary atonement is based on deep misunderstandings of Scripture and early Christian tradition.
According to the earliest Christians, the cross wasn’t about God punishing God—it was about rescue from death and liberation from bondage.
Passage taken from That All Shall Be Saved, by David Bentley Hart
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