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Sanctification, Homosexuality, and the Church
In this post my goal is to utilize the issue of homosexuality as a case study to demonstrate that the “Jesus + Nothing = Everything” approach to sanctification is not merely an academic wrinkle, but an error of such prodigious … Continue reading
When Jesus Plus Nothing Doesn’t Equal Everything
I am not a handy person. The tool chest in my basement contains only a few basic tools, many of which were given to me by my dad when I left home. Next to my tool chest is a 1995 … Continue reading
The Rites of the Gathered Church as Ordinary Means of Grace
In Reformed life, one commonly hears reference made to the “ordinary means of grace,” a category that typically includes the reading of Scripture, prayer, the “ordered” ministry of the Word, and other rites/functions of the gathered church. In my previous … Continue reading
Kevin DeYoung’s The Hole in Our Holiness: A Review
A few months ago I expressed some fairly strong reservations about a nefarious variation of “Gospel-Centered” sanctification that has captured the attention of a number of conservative evangelical luminaries—a preach-the-Gospel-to-yourself, squeeze-your-eyes-tight-and-think-really-hard-about-justification method of propelling oneself to holiness without any discipline, … Continue reading
On Preaching Hell…and Holiness
Last week a respondent to one of my earlier posts chastised me for addressing matters of sin and sanctification because in doing so, I was ignoring the elephantine issues of “poverty, homelessness, abuse, ignorance, and injustice”—in brief, I was violating … Continue reading
If You Enjoyed the Halftime Show You Should Repent
There, I’ve said it. OK, maybe (and I mean MAYBE) a case could be made that a mature believer could justify watching portions of the show as a means of cultural analysis and critique, but if a professing believer watched … Continue reading
Union with Christ or Justification as the Heart of the Gospel?
The recent tiffs over the role of personal obedience and activity in sanctification is symptomatic of a much deeper theological struggle that has intensified in the last decade, viz., the definition of union with Christ and the relationship of that … Continue reading
Depravity and Sanctification
I can’t stop thinking about a post several weeks ago by Tullian Tchividjian titled “Are Christians Totally Depraved?” Tchividjian, if you are not aware, is Billy Graham’s grandson and currently senior pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Ft. Lauderdale, FL., which was previously … Continue reading
The Problem with “Gospel-Centered” Sanctification
The blogosphere has been humming lately with questions of Christian freedom and Christian depravity, the role of faith and works in sanctification, the priority of law or Gospel in sanctification, and the like. Some have seized the “Gospel-Centered” banner and … Continue reading
Depravity, Regeneration, and Sanctification: Take Two
In the wake of the furor of my last blog post, I was heartened this week to discover a helpful post by Rick Phillips that cuts to the very heart of the question of the believer’s participation in sanctification. The post, … Continue reading
Is Sanctification Furthered by Rules?
Mark Snoeberger’s recent post on sanctification generated a number of comments on this blog and over at SharperIron. One person asked this: Do you really believe that sanctification is furthered by rules and if so in what way? I fail … Continue reading
The Biggest Lie About Law?
One of the commonest errors about law relative to Christian conduct is that God no longer uses fear or laws to promote Christian conduct. I was born and raised in a fundamentalist milieu that was at times excessive in its … Continue reading