"Corporate repentance is true “depth repentance”, and is the only true kind that will enable me to “grow up” into Christ. If Christ experienced corporate repentance “in behalf of the human race,” are we so much better than He that we don’t need it?" ~Paul E. Penno
"To have faith is not merely to trust the Lord like you trust the bank or the insurance company. You can do that and still remain as selfish as you were before, because such trust is a self-centered concern. The John 3:16 idea of faith solves the problem and lifts our naturally self-centered hearts out of a dark cave into the sunlight: faith is a heart-melting appreciation of what it cost the Son of God to save us." ~Paul E. Penno
Paul Penno
The pagan view of the atonement is an angry God who seeks vengeance and must be appeased by an offering of blood. In other words, God needs the atonement to assuage His wrath against sinners.