Calvin’s first book starts of commenting on epistemological issues relating to how people can know God. General and Special Revelation. Today’s quote concerns scripture. Its one of my more memorable quotes from Calvin.
Humility in community for the glory of God Over the years, I’ve seen lots of great church-planting practices, and many not-so-great ones. Too many churches open and then close too often because instead of looking [ Read More … ]
This was an invisible issue to her colleagues because it was not their reality, and the lack of having a restroom near their desk did not negatively impact them. It was not until she was [ Read More … ]
Hey all. Happy New Year! I’d like to thank my regular readers and those who have subscribed to my blog. This blog is my primary ministry and means by which I serve the LORD. I [ Read More … ]
In this post I quote some relevant articles from a few dictionaries showing what scholars are saying about righteousness and justification. You can evaluate my findings in their light. This is the tenth and last [ Read More … ]
In this post we consider some of Paul’s usage of the words righteous, righteousness and justification. Sinners become righteous. There are people who are righteous and live righteous lives. The righteous are identified as righteous [ Read More … ]
In this post I look at justification outside of Paul’s writings. What everyone else says about justification. I use this in part to give an understanding of Paul’s contemporaries. How everyone else used and employed [ Read More … ]
In this post we consider a few passages which state no one can be righteous. These are quite rare, but very commonly quoted to support the reformed doctrines of justification. This is the seventh of [ Read More … ]
In this post we look at the law court theme associated with righteousness and justification. Most of this has already been covered in the Kingdom of God. Here we cover some more specific passages to [ Read More … ]
In this post we consider the ethical nature of righteousness and what it means over various stages in salvation history. The post also looks at rewards for righteous behaviour and if or not the righteous [ Read More … ]