A leading theologian explains the biblical doctrine of justification by faith alone and urges fellow evangelicals to embrace this classic Protestant teaching.R. C. Sproul
The Protestant, regarding the doctrine of justification by faith as fundamental, said the Church is approached through it; the Romanist, still adhering to the Church as the fountain of spiritual life, affirmed that justification is obtained through the Church. Protestants assert that the Church ...
In past generations, there have been many who have resisted the moving of the Holy Spirit. In the middle ages, for example, there was a fresh wind of the Spirit to restore the truth ofJustification by Faith.This moving of the Holy Spirit resulted in a large community of evangelical Believe...
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, “‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ a...
Not a word of justification by faith; not a word of the gracious influence of the Spirit in renewing and cleansing the heart; not a word responding to any of those signal passages of Scripture which make the gospel 'glad tidings' to guilty man. Drop a very few phrases borrowed from the...
Even before we go to Piper, I want to compare a definition of complementarianism to the definition of domestic abuse at the start: “Complementarianism holds that “God has created men and women equal in their essential dignity and human personhood, butdifferent and complementary in function wi...
In general, he offers intriguing examples of play for the respective areas, but much of his discussion is rooted in his definition of what constitutes play and how to identify play (as he discusses in chapters 1 and 2). Thus, I would have liked a more thoughtful, philosophically rooted ...
Subject: Paul’s Definition of the Gospel Date: Sunday Morning – April 23 , 2000 (The Audio is dated 2/2/2014 ) Tape # V-79a Reading: Romans 1:1-17 Introduction: Should you go to the street corner of any city in this country and ask those who passed by, or stand upon the do...
As muddled a topic as identity can be in the lives of people, I have found God’s Word to bring great clarity on the topic.A Working Definition for IdentityOne theologian I heard talk on this subject described identity as a sense of self and a sense of worth. This has to do with ...
Moreover, by his doctrine of the illumination and indwelling of the Holy Spirit he trenches upon the Lutheran theory of justification by faith alone and the orthodox doctrine of grace. J. Gerhard's Meditationes Sacre (A.D. 1606), his Scholas Pietatis and Postils. are works of a similar ...