John Piper, Foreword to Daniel Fuller, Law and Gospel: Contrast or Continuum? (1980) (HT: Pat Abendroth)
One Of The Root Causes Of The Current Controversy Over Salvation Sola Fide
November 2017 Archive
Romans 2:13: Justified Through Our Faithfulness?
As I mentioned in an earlier post in Romans 2:13 Paul writes, “For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified” (ESV).1 The chapter begins with matter . . . Continue reading →
Video: Salvation Is By Grace Alone Through Faith Alone (Eph 2:1–10)
“Final Salvation” Through Faith AND Fruit Is Not Reformation Doctrine
John Piper, “Does God Really Save Us By Faith Alone?” (September 25, 2017)
Regensburg and Regensburg II: Trying to Reconcile Irreconcilable Differences on Justification
Introduction When in 1618 the Reformed theologian J. H. Alsted (1588–1638) declared that the Protestant doctrine of justification is that “article of faith by which the church stands or falls” (articulus stantis et candentis ecclesiae), he was only repeating what all Protestants . . . Continue reading →
Both/And: Free Justification And Gracious Sanctification
Reformation season is drawing to a close for 2017. Quite naturally, there has been a great deal of emphasis on justification by grace alone (sola gratia), through faith alone (sola fide). What might have been a time of remembrance and celebration has . . . Continue reading →
Believers Are Not Out On Bail
In the American criminal justice system, for many charges, after one has been arrested and booked (photographed for a “mug shot,” fingerprinted, and paperwork completed) one goes to jail to await a preliminary hearing and after that a trial of the charge. . . . Continue reading →
Ferguson: Assurance Depends On Sola Gratia, Sola Fide
If final justification is dependent on something we have to complete it is not possible to enjoy assurance of salvation. For then, theologically, final justification is contingent and uncertain, and it is impossible for anyone (apart from special revelation, Rome conceded) to . . . Continue reading →