The explanatory power of penal substitution- why can’t God just forgive?

Our series so far has tried to show the biblical evidence that Jesus’s death is substitutionary, Jesus dying in our place so that we don’t have to. https://jotsandscribbles.blog/2025/08/23/is-jesus-death-substitutionary/Then we saw evidence that Jesus’ death is him taking the just penalty for our sin in our place so that we receive the blessing he has earned … Continue reading The explanatory power of penal substitution- why can’t God just forgive?