The Impact of the Reformation
“The Reformers’ forensic understanding of justification ... the idea of an immediate divine imputation [of righteousness] renders superfluous the entire Catholic system of the priestly mediation of grace by the Church.” -- (Bruce McCormack, What's at Stake in the Current Debates over Justification, from Husbands and Treier’s “Justification”, pg 82.) If you'd like to submit an article on a topic important to the Reformation, please contact me, johnbugay [at] gmail [dot] com.RSS
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Tag Archives: gospel
The Gospel, Immigration, and Racial Reconciliation: Properly Framing the Issues
(I) The Gospel contains unique precepts concerning immigration and racial reconciliation for the civil (not ecclesial) community. (A) If (I), then these precepts … Continue reading
Posted in grace, Uncategorized
Tagged gospel, grace, immigration, natural law, racial reconciliation
Calvin’s Social Agenda
In my previous two posts (here and here), I have quoted from a series of sermons given by Calvin on 1 Corinthian 11:11-16. The sermons shed light on Calvin’s view of social hierarchy, social mobility, and social customs; and he … Continue reading
Posted in Calvinism, Sanctification, The Kingdom of God, The Reformation
Tagged gospel, hierarchy, John Calvin, social agenda, social gospel, two kingdoms
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Francis Turretin on the necessity of good works
In Francis Turretin’s brilliant section on “The Law of God” in his Institutes of Elenctic Theology (11th Topic), he “affirms against the antinomians” that the law “in a certain respect…still pertains to Christians.” Here is part of his response (23rd … Continue reading
Posted in grace, Law & Gospel, Turretin
Tagged antinomian, antinomianism, francis turretin, good works, gospel, law of God
Answers for a ‘Desperately Seeking’ Susan
Susan 242 said: I am a brand new convert to the Catholic Church(12-16-2012) I am very sorry to hear this. It’s not too late for you to leave. I did leave, too, after a number of years. Those years now … Continue reading
All I have is Jesus
I was thinking about writing an article about our response to our own depravity (both what it often is and what it should be) and as I struggled to put my thoughts onto the page, I remembered a hymn that … Continue reading
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Tagged faith, gospel, jesus, redemption, savior, sin
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Dear Readers: Down below, Andrew said: “We need to know what we believe more than we need to know why the beliefs of others are false. There is a place for that and polemics are good; but polemics must be … Continue reading
Posted in Church History, Justification, The Reformation
Tagged 39 articles, anglican, Apostles, augsburg confession, belgic confession article, big lie, book of concord, catholicism, Christ, Christ crucified, God imputes, gospel, Justification, religion, Roman, Roman Catholic, roman catholicism, The Gospel, theology
