“I wish that every defender of the penal substitution view of the atonement would read this book. Stricken by God? is as fine a collection of scholarly essays on the atonement as one can find in print. This book offers insightful, compelling and refreshing alternatives to penal substitution and is a must-read for all who care deeply about how Jesus’ death saves us.” – Gregory A. Boyd, Ph.D. Princeton Theological Seminary