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Wright, Reformation, and Gospel
I’ve found Cornelis Venema’s The Gospel of Free Acceptance in Christ to be a great Reformed resource for interacting with recent revisions of justification as found in the New Perspectives on Paul....
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Not What My Hands Have Done (I Cast It All Away)
Here’s a snippet of B.B. Warfield’s outstanding exposition of Philippians 3.9 found in Faith and Life (reblogged from July 22, 2011). “All that he [Paul] is, all that he has sought after, all that he...
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Justification: A Present Reality
This is a great little book on justification and sanctification: The Bookends of the Christian Life. I appreciated the following paragraphs near the beginning of the book. “For Paul (cf. Rom. 5:1 and...
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Two Justifications?
Some in broader evangelicalism (New Perspectives on Paul) and in broader Reformed circles (Federal Vision) have talked about a future justification based on works in a way that is out of step with...
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Imputation (Thomas Ridgley)
Thomas Ridgley (d. 1734) was an English Puritan who preached and taught at London for nearly 40 years. One of his most memorable contributions to the church was his detailed commentary on the...
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The Baxterian Winding of Righteousness
As some of our readers might know, Thomas Boston (d. 1732) wrote an excellent commentary on Edward Fisher’s (d. 1655) The Marrow of Modern Divinity. Both The Marrow and Boston’s notes on it talk...
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Not What My Hands Have Done (I Cast It All Away)
Here’s a snippet of B.B. Warfield’s outstanding exposition of Philippians 3.9 found in Faith and Life (reblogged from July 22, 2011). “All that he [Paul] is, all that he has sought after, all that he...
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Justification: A Present Reality
This is a great little book on justification and sanctification: The Bookends of the Christian Life. I appreciated the following paragraphs near the beginning of the book. “For Paul (cf. Rom. 5:1 and...
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…Without Our Working (Luther)
Martin Luther’s commentary on Galatians is indeed one of the finest expositions of this epistle of Paul as well as one of the finest discussions of justification through faith alone by grace alone in...
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…It Is Reckoned To Be Truly Ours (Turretin)
Justifying faith is not a work; it is not the meritorious grounds of justification nor is it an antecedent (or a priori) condition of the covenant of grace. Justifying faith is an instrument that...
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No Harbor In My Own Righteousness (Sibbes)
One of the greatest things about being a Christian is knowing that Jesus loves me despite my sin and sinful struggles. I know I’m sinful but I also know I have a great Savior in whose righteousness I...
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Righteous in Christ, Not Ourselves (Calvin)
In volume 3 of Tracts and Treatises you can find Calvin’s 1547 critical commentary on the canons and decrees of the Council of Trent. It’s an excellent resource that not only sheds theological light...
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The Denial of All Our Own Righteousness (Witsius)
In his book on the controversies surrounding law, gospel, and grace in England around the year 1700, Herman Witsius (d. 1708) gave an excellent defense of justification by faith alone in Christ alone,...
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The Power of the Gospel (Hodge)
On November 20, 1842 Charles Hodge gave a chapel message to the students at Princeton Seminary. It was on Romans 1:15, where Paul says, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God...
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Excluding Our Righteousness (Buchanan)
When it comes to justification, the terms “the righteousness of God” and “his righteousness” are very important (Rom 3:21-22, 2 Cor 5:21, etc.). These phrases have to do with the fact that an ungodly...
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New Evidence of Your Depravity? (Packer)
Many of us know the words of Paul in Romans 8 quite well, including verses 33-34: “Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is the one who will condemn? Christ is...
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He Justifies the Ungodly…
One of my favorite phrases that the apostle Paul wrote is found in Romans 4:5. The NASB translates it like this: “…Him who justifies the ungodly….” I like how W. G. T. Shedd commented on this...
View ArticleGiving Up Self-Righteousness (McCheyne)
On October 25, 1840, Robert Murray McCheyne preached a sermon on Galatians 6:14 (May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I...
View ArticleThe Righteousness of Christ: A Most Admirable Comfort (Brooks)
The righteousness that is ours through faith in Christ (Phil. 3:9) is an amazing and wonderful reality of the Christian faith. Throughout his life, Christ perfectly obeyed the law for us, on our...
View ArticleWhat I Have In Christ (A Monday Meditation by Richard Sibbes)
Here's a good Monday meditation on what we have in Christ - what is ours by faith in Christ. It's from a sermon by Richard Sibbes on the Song of Songs. And let us make use likewise of our infirmities...
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