So I went to the Church of England newspaper website where you can download bits of recent editions for free, hoping there might be a review of Pierced For Our Transgressions. My interest was caught by a large headline 'Revisiting the Atonement' with the subheader 'Andrew Gregory reviews a major new work from a leading theologian.'

Not 'Pierced', then. Oh no. Something called 'Jesus, our Redeemer' by Gerald O'Collins. The bit highlighted in the middle of the page reads, 'More controversial still for many evangelicals will be O'Collins' rejection of penal substitutionary understandings of the atonement.'

Hmm. Seems to me that 'Pierced For Our Transgressions' is a timely book, among all its other many virtues.

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