Of Justification
I've been working so long and hard on Pulpit Search Committee, Women in the Church, Bible Study, the church website as well as being a mother and wife I had to take a long break from blogging. But I'm back briefly. I had to share this great quote from R. Scott Clark. This week we are reviewing current challenges to the doctrine of justification so I've been non-stop reviewing what little I know about the New Prespective on Paul and Federal Vision. Hope to share this quote with the women - they'll have a chuckle.
The definition and nature of the gospel is fundamental to the existence of the Protestant church. It was a Reformed theologian, J. H. Alsted who said that the doctrine of justification is the article of the standing or falling of the church. In that case, we should attend to the NPP and Federal Vision questions immediately just as a physician would attend to a heart attack immediately. To torture the metaphor further, it also turns out that the patient has bone cancer and is in desperate need of long term treatment. The patient needs an immediate bone marrow transplant from Martin Luther and John Calvin. Next, the patient will need after-care provided by Francis Turretin and Johannes Wollebius. Finally, the patient needs to make immediate lifestyle changes. He must stop eating Bill Hybels and the Purpose Driven Life for lunch. These are the theological and ecclesiastical equivalents of the worst sort of cholesterol.
Read the whole Clark interview at Against Heresies - it's terrific.
May 16, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
