Book 3/Chapter 11 Faith and works apart (section 13) 1. What error does Calvin address next? 2. A man who wishes to obtain Christ’s righteousness must do what? 3. As long as a particle of works righteousness remains, what else remains? Regenerate works (section 14) 1. What workaround to this did the Sophists come up …
A Colporter’s Version
This will be dated rather quickly, I suppose, but as I write these words, Nate’s Tilt-a-Whirl is ranked 1,247 at Amazon. If you get over there now for a little Christmas shopping, you can help push it into three digits. And when that happens, with certain potential shoppers now abed . . . Give me …
A Fat Roll of Twenties
I was speaking with a friend the other day about some of the economic muddles that our sorry republic is currently being pelted with, and he said something like, “But isn’t it true that our health care system is broken?” Well, yes and no. Big chunks of it, like Medicare, are not so much broken …
Lest Faith Totter
Book 3/Chapter 11 Assurance (section 11) 1. Does Osiander accept or reject justification as a legal term? 2. What happens if faith pays any attention to works? 3. What is the wonderful plan of salvation? Refutation of Osiander (section 12) 1. What is impossible, according to Osiander? 2. To what end does Osiander heap up …
The Atlantic Is Not a Theological Point
I would like to take a moment to tie up the various concerns expressed about my two recent MTW/PCA posts, and deal with them in a bundle. Some of them came up in the comments, and one set came in a very gracious letter of concern from a PCA friend. Here are some thoughts, in …
Two Lines/Romans 24
INTRODUCTION: We are now on the threshold of a vexed portion of the book of Romans. Christians have long divided over whether Paul is describing his pre-Christian life or his post-conversion life. Is the description of anguish in Romans 7 characteristic of the Christian life? Or is it a description of his experience prior to …
More on Women Ministers in the PCA
I have received further information about the situation in the MTW with women’s ordination. First, the church in question has in fact called a husband and wife team to the pastorate. But the church is not in fact a PCA church. The PCA has a cooperative agreement with a local denomination there, a denomination which …
Faith the Instrument
Book 3/Chapter 11 Faith (section 7) 1. What does Calvin compare faith to? 2. What is faith, and what is its relation to Christ? Essential righteousness (section 8) 1. What is Osiander’s view? Atonement (section 9) 1. What is the basis our justification that does not comport with the divine nature alone? Refuting a slander …
Osiander Again
Book 3/Chapter 11 Osiander’s errors (section 5) 1. What does Calvin call Osiander’s doctrine of essential righteousness? 2. What was Osiander’s error? Confusion (section 6) 1. What two things does Osiander confound? 2. What illustration does Calvin use of things that must be distinguished but which cannot be confused? These are the questions for the …
Look at a Walnut
I had read Notes from the Tilt a Whirl before in its various manifestations. But when it arrived in its final printed form, I was happy to sit down and go through it again, left to right. What a good book this is. The conceit for the book is that the solar system is a …