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The Mediocrity of the New Covenant?
According to Reformed Theology, even the “good works” which Christians are called to do are “tainted by sin”. And on top of that, Reformed theology says these “good works” are only pleasing to God in...
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Exegetical Gains vs. Theological Losses
I was recently hanging out with a PCA pastor friend, and we were discussing the exegetical and theological issues surrounding the Federal Vision. As you may know, one of the biggest difficulties one...
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The Gospel as Perfect Love Casting Out Fear
We have seen throughout this section of our series on gospel paradigms that all of the principal NT figures spoke and wrote as though their basic understanding of the gospel was that salvation comes...
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The Gospel as Mercy’s Triumph Over Judgment
As I have been arguing, once one realizes that the gospel paradigm he holds is one that would never give rise to the teachings of the New Testament concerning issues such as justification, works, and...
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The Gospel as Love of God and Neighbor
We have spent quite a bit of time considering statements by Jesus, Paul, and James and discussing the question, “If these men were operating from a proto-Reformed paradigm, would they have said that ?”...
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On Being Graciously Worthy
If one’s understanding of the gospel is such that the only works that play a causal and contributory role in our gaining entrance into the eternal kingdom are Christ’s and never our own, and further,...
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On Distinguishing Between Synonyms
As those who have been following my series on paradigms know, I have been arguing that there is a vast amount of New Testament data that may be able to be squeezed into just about any theological...
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Blamelessness on Judgment Day
Before we jump into Romans 4 and begin discussing Paul’s locus classicus on imputation I thought it would be a good idea to first investigate a claim that is integral to the way Reformed folks treat...
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“The Doers of the Law Will Be Justified”
Since the issue has arisen here recently, I’d like to comment on a well-known and controversial passage: Romans 2:13. To set the text in context, Paul leads up to the passage we’re considering by...
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Setting the Reformed Record Straight
The discussion over at Called to Communion on the post titled “How John Calvin Made Me a Catholic” has recently turned to the supposed absence of the notion of inward renewal and the need for practical...
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Choosing the Path of Most Resistance
I came across a passage in Chesterton recently that ties in well with my final post in the Homo Liturgicus series. I argued there that the New Covenant ethic—and Christian living in general—cannot be...
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