“One use of the law cannot be made the over-arching essence of that law—because that would make it impossible to employ the other uses.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 774
Bad Moon Rising
From the Credenda Archives (1996)Volume 8/Number 1 The unthinkable does not always remain that way. Thirty years ago, if one were to talk about the possible crackup of the United States, the result would have been a good deal of laughter. But the world is a very different place today, and such a suggestion now …
What Is a Man?
Remarks for Refresh Ministries/Boston 2024 I must begin with my gratitude to your organizers for having been invited to an event such as this. And I bring you greetings from your younger sister Idaho, ...
Saving Faith Does More Than One Thing
“So, saving faith yields, trembles, and embraces. It yields obedience, it trembles at threats, and it embraces promises. But its principal acts are accepting, receiving, and resting upon Christ alone for justification. These are indeed its principal acts, saving faith does other things. It hunts down the red law passages and yields obedience to them. It comes across passages which threaten divine displeasure, and saving faith trembles at these red law passages also.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 774
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Nuda Lex
“They think that nuda lex is totus lex, which is a staggering confusion. They have confounded a use of the law which the definition of the law. They have confused a part with the whole.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 771
Totus Lex
“Therefore, the Reformed tradition (the real one) holds that when describing what the law is, in all its parts and relations, we are talking about totus lex. And totus lex has a subordinate and honored place within the covenant of grace. Then Reformed historically have not held to a kind of radical dualism with law over here in stark opposition to grace over there.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 771
The Leak in the Tires of Classical Liberalism
Jeffery Ventrella recently put a lot of hay on his fork as he undertook to deal with a recent outbreak of some Bronze Age buffoonery. He covered quite a lot of territory, a lot more than I can respond ...
True Integration
“But there is a place of integration, a point where everything hangs together. In Christ, do law and grace meet in perfect harmony? If someone hates Christ, repelled by His aroma, do they recoil from both law and gospel, or from just one? In Christ, what do law and gospel do? According to the Westminster Confession, they do ‘sweetly comply’ with one another.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 770
Letters in the Midst of Dobbs Celebration Month
Letter to the Editor: In your Invitation to Child Communion, you sure use a lot of words to rationalize a practice with no scriptural warrant. Paedos confuse physical and spiritual birth ...