Atonement � Wesley's atonement is a hybrid of the penal substitution theory and the governmental theory of Hugo Grotius, a lawyer and one of the Remonstrants. Steven Harper states "Wesley does not place the substitionary element primarily within a legal framework...Rather [his doctrine seeks] to bring into proper relationship the 'justice' between God's love for persons and God's hatred of sin...it is not the satisfaction of a legal demand for justice so much as it is an act of mediated reconciliation."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arminianism#Wesleyan_Arminianism

Wh-o-o-o-o-o-a-a! I had to read that, and then read it again out loud to Stephen before I fully realized everything that implies. Holy wow.

So the Cross was just a symbol. It was just a martyrdom that shows God's love for us? Just a martyrdom? Holy toledo. That....is so wrong. That completely undermines...everything. The very core of salvation. Wow.

I've called myself a Wesleyan all these years?

-Stephanie

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