Theology That Bites Back
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“This meaning of grace is its aroma. Having learned this, only then is it safe to learn the practical incarnation forms of grace—sacramental thanksgiving, true sabbath keeping, psalming from the heart, and the rest of a forgiven, righteous life. Practical Christianity without grace is legalism. Grace without practice is gnosticism”
"Oh, what a tangled web we weaveWhen first we practice to deceive . . ." Sir Walter Scott Introduction: How it started . . . This famous summary ...
Letter to the Editor: One thing is puzzling me. Since they can rig elections, why didn't they also rig 2024? Jennifer Jennifer, three things occur to me. One is that ...
“Our corporate justification as the Church was Pentecostal. God publicly vindicated us, owned us as His people, and established us in the world as His own righteous people. This means that the Church as the Church is justified, just as the Church is elect, and redeemed, and so forth. But this also means that non elect covenant members, while truly attached to the body, are nevertheless an incongruity—spots and blemishes that will be removed as the Bride is made radiant. But in the meantime, until they are removed, we have to learn to deal with non elect members of the Elect One, and unjustified members of the Justified Body.”
Introduction: Okay, so this was much less of an ordinary election, and much more like a richly deserved paddy-wonking. There are many aspects of this gaudy thing that need to be analyzed with loud hoots of joy, along with some aspects that need to be given the Burkean stink eye. So here goes. I have …
Introduction: I want to begin by explaining what I believe to be the import of a graph that I saw circulating last week, and which I also retweeted—while asking folks to stare at it while meditating thoughtfully. Now that was too quick and too glib for some needed context, which I want to provide now, …
Acts of the Apostles (12): Introduction: The Founder of the Christian faith, the Lord Jesus, was murdered by the authorities. This is a fact that cannot be emphasized too much. After His resurrection, He ascended into Heaven, and the second generation of Christian leaders all found themselves in jail within a matter of just a …
“In the historic Protestant view, good works are inseparable from biblical salvation. They are not a condiment to flavor a ‘raw’ justification, but rather are definitionally related to justification. Justification and sanctification are not like salt and pepper, or ham and eggs—two things that go well together. They are definitionally interrelated, like the terms husband and wife. If there is no wife, then by definition there is no husband. If there is no husband, then by definition there is not wife. Apart from sanctification, justification does not exist. Apart from justification, sanctification does not exist.”
