Every Good Friday service, I was preached the reason Good Friday is good is that Jesus died to be our sin offering, or our propitiation for sin, so we sinners can be forgiven and saved. Their explanation of this sin offering is this: on the cross Jesus exchanged his righteousness with my unrighteousness, this way, Jesus, the righteous, took …
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‘The Mystery’ of Paul’s Gospel- Ephesians 3
What is the Christian gospel? What is the mystery Paul has been proclaiming through his gospel from Jesus Christ? What is radical and controversial about this mystery of Paul’s gospel that made Paul such a controversial historical figure that he copped so much flack for it? The normal Protestant Evangelical answer: Paul’s gospel of Jesus …
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The Biblical Significance of Jesus’ Resurrection
There are many reasons for celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. For example, the resurrection of Jesus gives historicity to the gospel message, that miracles do happen in reality, that God does exist, that Jesus is divine, that a bodily resurrection from the dead is a real possibility, and God’s justice can take place beyond …
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The Origin of ‘Faith Alone’: Luther’s Misinterpretation of Romans 7:14-25. Part 2
In part 1, through the exegesis of Romans 7, I have challenged Luther’s platonic interpretation, that he has mistaken 7:14-25 as Paul’s own struggle of sin as a Christian, and mis-construed from it a soteriology that splits a person into the inner person and the outer person. Romans 7:14-25 is not an anthropological analysis of …
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Rom 4:1-25. Justification Apart From Works?
The part of Romans that fuels Luther’s ‘justification by faith alone apart from works (all sorts of works)’ is chapter 4. If Abraham was justified by works… 4 Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as debt. 5 And to the one who does not work but believes (v11) in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted …
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The Origin of ‘Faith Alone’: Luther’s Misinterpretation of Romans 7:14-25. Part 1
It is wrong to see Romans 7:14-25 as the description of Christians’ struggle with sin.[1] If such were the intention of Paul, this gross and inevitable discrepancy between the inner person (who delights in God’s law) and the outer person (who breaks God’s law) that is being described will be construed as the norm of Christian living, and the …
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