John and Olive Drane continue their reflections on Brian McLaren’s time in the UK, their final few phrases provide a good starting point for thinking:

One other thing we’ve been thinking about is the way Brian focused the atonement debate, with this question: what or who do we need to be saved from – from God (who is angry with us), or from evil, which is against both us and God? We’ll tease that one out a bit more later on. But it’s a good way of putting the question.

[From 2churchmice]

Perhaps another one of those situations where the right question gives more than the right answer..