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Tag Archives: Martin Luther
Preaching Gospel as Gospel: Antinomianism and the Nothing of Faith
There is an old story about a Lutheran pastor who, after a long ministry of rightly distinguishing law and gospel, announced on his death bed: “I shall most certainly go to heaven, as I cannot remember ever having done a … Continue reading
Justification, Faith, and the Radical Question of Existence
by Robert W. Jenson The gospel, in anyone’s version, is a promise that our life will be fulfilled by Christ. Whenever this promise is made, someone will rise and ask, But if he is to bring our meaning, what then is our … Continue reading
Clinging to Externals: Weak Faith and the Power of the Sacraments
by Phillip S. Cary, Ph.D. Behind the debates about the objectivity of Christ’s presence in the Reformed view of the supper are crucial pastoral questions about the nature of faith, and I think it will bring clarity to the debate … Continue reading
Posted in Sacraments
Tagged Augustine, Eucharist, John Calvin, Lord's Supper, Martin Luther, Philip Cary, real presence, Reformed, sacraments
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Luther, Catholicism, and Justification by Faith
In his book The Spirit and Forms of Protestantism, the great Catholic scholar Louis Bouyer, himself a convert from Lutheranism, describes Martin Luther’s understanding of justifying faith: Salvation is a grace, a gift of God, not the work of man. … Continue reading
Posted in Grace, Justification & Theosis
Tagged Catholicism, faith, grace, justification by faith, Martin Luther, salvation, sola fide, sola gratia, synergism
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The Meaning of Protestant Theology
by Phillip Cary, Ph.D. When Rodney Clapp, the editor to whom I pitched the idea of my new book, originally suggested the title The Meaning of Protestant Theology, I was a bit nonplussed. I knew the central concept of the … Continue reading
Posted in Theology
Tagged anxiety, Conditional promise, faith, gospel, Jesus Christ, justification by faith, Martin Luther, salvation, unconditional promise
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Sola Scriptura, Holy Tradition, and the Hermeneutics of Christ
by Robert F. Fortuin It is not uncommon to hear Eastern Orthodox Christians assert that ‘holy tradition is the context of scripture’—by this is meant that the Bible cannot be separated from the practice and theology of the community of … Continue reading
Posted in Robert Fortuin
Tagged Eastern Orthodoxy, Holy Tradition, Irenaeus, Martin Luther, Reformation, sola scriptura
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To Preach the Gospel is to Justify the Ungodly
“What happened to the world with Jesus,” Robert W. Jenson avers, “was that at the end of the long history of Israel’s promises, a sheerly unconditional promise was said and became sayable in the world” (Story and Promise, p. 50). … Continue reading
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