They’re both brutalizing.
Gospel
More "Lutheranism" in Reformed Orthodoxy?
Melchior Leydecker and John Brown on distinguishing grace and works.
Calvin on Law and Gospel
Hence, also, we see the error of those who, in comparing the Law with the Gospel, represent it merely as a comparison between the merit of works, and the gratuitous imputation of righteousness. This is indeed a contrast not at all to . . . Continue reading →
Jay Adams on the Gospel
At his blog.
Roger Nicole on the Gospel
At Justin Taylor’s blog. This is timely as it was one of the topics we discussed in our adult catechism class this morning at OURC.
D. A. Carson On Distinctions And Moralism
Failure to distinguish between the gospel and all the effects of the gospel tends, on the long haul, to replace the good news as to what God has done with a moralism that is finally without the power and the glory of Christ crucified, . . . Continue reading →
The Heart of the Gospel (and Sola Scriptura Too)
The most recent WHI is (another) not-to-miss episode. Shane has conducted more NRB interviews. Some of them are what we’ve come to expect but some are surprising. You should hear them. Along the way the fellows made three terrific points. 1. The . . . Continue reading →
The Solution to a Great Lot of Problems
Antinomianism and legalism will always be with us. They have plagued the church since the apostolic age (read Galatians and 1 Corinthians). In the seventeenth century, however, appeared a marvelous remedy for both: The Marrow of Modern Divinity. The adjective “modern” is . . . Continue reading →
Christ Our Crutch? Yes and No
Mike Horton says it depends on what one means by “crutch.” It if means “so I can be a better me” then no, he’s no crutch. If it means something else, however, then yes! Reuben has the quotation from a recent interview.
Who Says the Gospel is No Motive to Holiness?
One of the more disturbing things I’ve heard during the recent decade of controversy concerning the various attempts to revise the Reformed doctrine of justification is the claim made by some well-regarded, quite influential, Reformed folks that “guilt, grace, gratitude” structure of . . . Continue reading →
Kim Riddlebarger on the Keys of the Kingdom
Great stuff from Kim in TableTalk
Warfield or Shepherd?
“Just in proportion as we are striving to supplement or to supplant His perfect work, just in that proportion is our hope of salvation resting on works, and not on faith. Ethicism and solafideanism — these are the eternal contraries, mutually exclusive. . . . Continue reading →
What is the Power of the Christian Life?
For Christians who believe God’s Word, the Holy Scriptures and who confess the Reformed faith there can be no question whether we ought to live the Christian life. The question is, however, how do we live the Christian life? From where do . . . Continue reading →
Why Being "An Evangelical" Today is Complicated
Clair MacMillan, National Director of the Church of the Nazarene in Canada recently published a characterization of what it is to be “evangelical” in Canada (HT: Bill Jones): Evangelical Christianity begins with the biblical assumption that God loves all people equally and . . . Continue reading →
Preaching Sola Fide Better
Shane is reading CJPM, at the Reformed Reader and enjoying Hywel Jones’ two chapters, especially his chapter on preaching sola fide.
All the Programs In the World Won't Help If We Don't Have the Gospel
His Face Bound with a Linen Cloth
I don’t like thinking about death but I’ve been doing a good lot of thinking about it lately. It’s no fun to think about death. As an American, always moving, restless, ever conquering, I resist it. Death is the enemy and I . . . Continue reading →
When Pastors Do Not Pay Attention
Remarkably, after a decade of controversy over the self-described Federal Vision movement, there are pastors and teachers who do not seem to understand it. One can see why one might have been confused in the early days of the discussion but now, . . . Continue reading →
Lutheran or Reformed?
1. The law promises no good thing to miserable sinners; it promises good only to those who observe it. 2. The law has no force in itself for removing sins; it has force only for punishing. 3. The law cannot be fulfilled . . . Continue reading →
When the Good News Becomes Bad-In Korean
It’s here. Thanks to Chris Won for the translation and to Inwoo Lee for posting it. Here’s the (English language) original.