Clothed in Righteousness: What Isaiah 61 Teaches About Justification
With all the debate among evangelicals regarding justification, we find a renewed vigor among Christians to mine the Pauline epistles for nuggets of gold. Even church history shows that when questions about justification arise, Christians go particularly to Romans and Galatians for their answers. Yet much of the Bible is neglected when developing our views on justification, particularly the Old Testament. Countless passages of...
Intentional Sanctification
What makes the difference between the person who simply fills their spot in the pew on Sunday morning and the person who takes the next step? Let’s answer this question by asking another: Is sanctification inevitable or intentional? In short it’s both: we receive it at conversion, and we progress in it. While most agree that we receive sanctification at conversion, many disagree as to how precisely we progress in it. Because we focus...
Reclaiming the Spirit
Jesus stated the following concerning the Holy Spirit: “I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever… [T]he Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you” (Jn. 14:16, 26). Jesus’ words notwithstanding, many of us know little about the Holy Spirit. If Baptists talk about Him at all, it is...
The Thought and Writings of N. T. Wright: An Arminian Appraisal
Occasionally a theologian emerges and sends ripples through the waters of academia. Martin Luther shocked Christendom by challenging Roman Catholicism’s abuse of authority and her teachings on justification. In the mid-twientieth century, Karl Barth challenged the Protestant liberalism deeply rooted in Europe and America. At the same time, however, his neo-orthodoxy challenged the authority of Scripture, which resulted in evangelicals...
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