October 2017 Archive

With Janet Mefferd On Sola Scriptura

by R. Scott Clark on October 31, 2017 | 2 Comments

As early as the late 4th century, challenged by a variety of claims of religious authority, many of whom claimed to have an unwritten secret tradition or revelation, Basil the Great (c.330–79), one of the Cappadocian Fathers, rather than standing on the . . . Continue reading →

David Dickson On Romans 2:13

by R. Scott Clark on October 25, 2017

Vers. 13. (For not the hearers of the Law are just before God, but the doers of the Law shall be justified.) Reas. 3. Especially intended against the Jews, who according to the rule of Righteousness, cannot be accounted for Righteous before . . . Continue reading →

Leon Morris On Romans 2:13

by R. Scott Clark on October 25, 2017

13. For ties this in with the preceding and explains it. Those who hear the law reminds us of the circumstances of the day. People did not normally read for themselves (the scribe was a member of a skilled profession). They heard . . . Continue reading →

Cranfield On Why “Works Of The Law” Means More Than Mosaic Ceremonies

by Heidelblog on October 25, 2017

We turn now at last to Romans. The first occurrence of ἔργα νόμου is in 3:20: διότι ἐξ ἔργων νόμου οὐ δικαιωθήσεται πᾶσα σὰρξ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ, διὰ γὰρ νόμου ἐπίγνωσις ἁμαρτίας. Dunn explains ἔργα νόμου here as meaning quite specifically those observances . . . Continue reading →

Turretin Contra Two-Stage Justification

by R. Scott Clark on October 25, 2017 | 1 Comment

VIII. Although our justification will be fully declared on the last day (our good works also being brought forward as the sign and proof of its truth, Mt. 25:34–40), still falsely would anyone maintain from this a twofold gospel justification—one from faith . . . Continue reading →

Why We Remember The Reformation (Part 3)

by R. Scott Clark on October 23, 2017 | 15 Comments

“God’s verdict of not guilty and his imputing of his own righteousness to us at the beginning of the Christian life is by faith alone… that’s how we get started. James is answering the question ‘does the ongoing and final reckoning of . . . Continue reading →

Resources On The Controversy Over “Final Salvation Through Works”

by R. Scott Clark on October 22, 2017 | 6 Comments

For the last several years several writers identified with the broader Reformed movement have proposed that Christians are saved initially by grace alone, through faith alone but finally through faith and works. There are two claims here: 1)  salvation is in two . . . Continue reading →

Did Ursinus Teach Final Salvation Through Faith And Works?

by R. Scott Clark on October 20, 2017 | 11 Comments

Zacharias Ursinus (1534–83) was the principal author of the Heidelberg Catechism (1563). He was responsible for perhaps as much as 70% of the catechism, though the two source documents that he created, from which much of the catechism was formed, drew from . . . Continue reading →