From my email:
Do you know of some old hymns that speak directly to penal substitution? I saw one on your blog but do you know of others?
That Christ’s death was penal substitution means that “his death bore the just penalty of God for our sins as a substitute for us.” (Definition taken from the glossary of Wayne Grudem’s Systematic Theology.)
The hymn refered to that I posted was Hallelujah! What a Savior, which says, “in my place condemned he stood.” Can you think of other hymns with phrases like this, hymns that clearly teach that Christ’s death was penal substitution?