This is episode 20 in the series, What Must A Christian Believe? In our survey of the rule of faith, i.e., the Apostles’ Creed, we have reached the tenth article, “the forgiveness of sins.” The truth of our righteousness with God is essential to the faith, it is biblical, ecumenical, and Reformation truth confessed by the churches. In our time, however, the doctrine of free acceptance with God, on the basis of Christ’s righteousness imputed and received through faith alone, is under assault once more from a variety of places, e.g., the New Perspective(s) on Paul, the self-described Federal Vision movement, and even erstwhile evangelicals who are positing two stages of justification or salvation: initial justification sola gratia, sola fide and allegedly by a final justification or final salvation through good works. For more on this see the resources below. It is vital that we get in our hearts and minds a clear, biblical, Protestant, and truly evangelical (gospel) doctrine of justification before God.
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- Heidelblog Resources
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- The Ecumenical Creeds
- The Reformed Confessions
- Heidelberg Catechism (1563)
- Recovering the Reformed Confession (Phillipsburg: P&R Publishing, 2008).
- What Must A Christian Believe?
- Why I Am A Christian
- Heidelberg 60: Only By True Faith
- Resources On the Imputation Of The Active Obedience Of Christ
- Resources On The Controversy Over “Final Salvation Through Works”
- Resources On The Federal Vision Theology
- Tabletalk Takes on the New Perspective(s)
- For Evangelicals Tempted by N. T. Wright’s Revision of Paul
- Peter Lombard on the New Perspective on Paul
- Resources On The Doctrine Of Justification
- Resources On The Assurance Of Salvation
- Resources On The Reformation Solas
- Zeno’s Porch Is Not Solomon’s
- Heidelcast 193: Taking Calls On Christian Platonism And Covid-19 Restrictions
- Vos: Distinguishing Two Ages Is Not Platonism
- Richard Baxter On Initial And Final Justification Through Faith And Works
- Burying The Lead On Baxter
- Evangelicals And Catholics Together: A Post-Mortem
- Justification and Vindication
- “Olevianus and the Old Perspective on Paul: A Preliminary Report,” The Confessional Presbyterian 4 (2008): 15–26.
- The Gospel To Diognetus (c. 150 AD)
- Justification In The Earliest Christian Fathers: 1 Clement
Good JFK imitation.
If you ever get asked to imitate a jelly donut … 😉
Also, seriously, another timely provision for needs among the Mill-Zoomers out here. Thx!
Thank you for this wonderful series. It has been very helpful to study the creed in this fashion. This section on the forgiveness of sins is especially wonderful. We need to understand that Christ is our hope, and that’s so easily lost in the warped views of justification, sanctification and salvation that seem to be all around us. You reinforce our need for the confessions in the Reformed churches as good and faithful statements of what the scriptures teach, and I keep appreciating that more and more. HC 60 is a life-saver.