Category: Justification
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The Jewel and the Sun: Justification and Union with Christ according to the Reformers
Jewellery and sunshine. These are two powerful images used by the Reformers to describe our relationship with God by his grace. The reality they illustrate is still vital for us to remember today.
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Preaching the Pastoral Epistles
A one-hour audio seminar with principles and ideas for preaching the biblical books 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy and Titus (“Pastoral Epistles”)
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The biblical meaning of righteousness and justification Part 3, with Chris Thomson @ Moore College
In this 3-part series, I speak with my colleague Chris Thomson, lecturer in Old Testament at Moore College, who has engaged in detailed research in this area as well as scholarly discussions with others, including N. T. Wright. We talk about what the terms mean, what other people are saying today about the terms, why righteousness is…
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The biblical meaning of righteousness and justification Part 2, with Chris Thomson @ Moore College
In this 3-part series, I speak with my colleague Chris Thomson, lecturer in Old Testament at Moore College, who has engaged in detailed research in this area as well as scholarly discussions with others, including N. T. Wright. We talk about what the terms mean, what other people are saying today about the terms, why righteousness is…
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The biblical meaning of righteousness and justification Part 3, with Chris Thomson @ Moore College
I speak with Dr Chris Thomson about the meaning of “righteousness” and “justification” and how this helps us to understand Romans, imputation and assurance.
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The biblical meaning of righteousness and justification Part 2, with Chris Thomson @ Moore College
I speak with Dr Chris Thomson about the meaning of “justification”, especially in light of modern scholarly views, in particular that of N. T. Wright.
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The biblical meaning of righteousness and justification Part 1, with Chris Thomson @ Moore College
I speak with Dr Chris Thomson about the meaning of “righteousness”, especially in light of modern scholarly views, in particular that of N. T. Wright.
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Justification and Union with Christ in Paul – PowerPoint for paper
A link to the PowerPoint for the paper I am giving today at the Moore College Justification Summit
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Real faith in a performance dominated world
We live in a world that constantly judges us by how well we perform. But we are justified only by faith: a truth to live by, and to proclaim to the world.
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Justified Only By Faith (a Sermon)
Sola Fide: Justified Only by Faith. A sermon by Lionel Windsor. What faith means. What faith isn’t. Why justification only by faith really, really matters.
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Graeme Goldsworthy on the Gospel, Atonement, Satisfaction and Justification
Graeme Goldsworthy’s life work is about integrating the grand sweep of biblical narrative with its central theme, the gospel. The gospel, for Goldsworthy, has at its very heart the amazing truth that Christ died as a satisfaction for sin.
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Learning to live in 3D
Have you ever been watching a 3D movie wearing 3D glasses, and done that thing where you close one eye and look at the screen, then open that eye and close the other eye and look at the screen again? Here’s a thought experiment for you. Do the same thing, metaphorically, with your picture of…
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Justification by Faith Only: the doctrine on which the church falls or stands?
Without the doctrine of justification by faith only we neither know the fullness of who Jesus is or who we are. How can the church stand without either?
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Jesus Christ and the Revolution of Calling
Lecture 3 in the UNSW Campus Bible Study Easter Lecture Series 2015: “Jesus Christ and the Revolution of Identity” You are what you do? What do you do? That’s a question people often ask you when they meet you for the first time, isn’t it? They want to get to know you, what makes you tick,…
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A guilt-free Easter
I just got an ad in the letterbox: “Want to know how to give yourself a Guilt Free Easter this year?”
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Identity and reality in the modern Australian and ancient Jewish diasporas
Our family has been away from Australia for almost 3 years now. One of the funny things we’ve noticed about ourselves is how much our Australian identity is wrapped up in symbols and dreams that have little to do with reality. For example, this 1-minute ad for Tourism Australia–based on Les Murray’s poem, “The Dream…
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Luther On Law
This is an astonishingly profound and helpful summary of Luther’s understanding of the significance of God’s “Law”. I commend it especially to preachers. A warning though: Don’t try to read it on the run. You need some time and space to digest it properly. Luther On Law – Jono Linebaugh. PS Jono is a former…
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Pet food, pornography, and the law
From The Briefing: One lazy afternoon in 1999, travel writer Bill Bryson discovered a shop that sold pet supplies and pornography.1 It was at the far end of the main street of an unassuming Australian country town called Young. The front of the shop contained rather mundane supplies of flea powder, fish flakes, and other…
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It ain’t over till it’s over
“The debate is over” – this is an argumentative gambit I’ve noticed quite a few people using recently around the web. It’s a subtle rhetorical device, designed to make people who disagree with you sound petty and ill-informed. The three debates that I’ve noticed it being used in are as follows: The debate concerning the…
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The Doubting Believer
A great post from Michael Jensen today about Abraham, Sarah, doubt and faith (I’m presuming it was originally a Moore College chapel sermon): The Doubting Believer I – Abram & Sarai An excerpt: The story of Abram illustrates for us that faith is not heroic. It might seem strange that the New Testament presents doubting…
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The problem with John Piper’s view of justification
It seems to me that certain American preachers like John Piper have recently been eliciting a strangely disproportionate fascination and emotional commitment amongst Aussie evangelicals. So I thought I’d reiterate my previously published misgivings about Piper’s view of justification. Please don’t read this and assume I’m pitching my tent in some kind of “anti-Piper” camp…
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Doctrines Under Threat 2: Union with Christ
Outline (Reading from Romans 6) Intro: Faith and Works Union with Christ in Philippians 3 Righteousness by law is rubbish (2-7) Knowing Christ (8a) Gaining Christ (8b) Being in Christ (9a) Righteousness through faith in Christ (9b) Living in Christ (10-11) What is Union with Christ? Fundamental To be loved by God as Sons For…
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Doctrines Under Threat 1: Nothing’s Right without Justification
I preached this three-part series recently at a church weekend away for those in their twenties and thirties. Thanks to Sandy Grant for the title and idea for the series. Outline Martin Luther—”The Doctrine by which the Church stands or falls” Righteousness and Justification in the Bible Righteousness (Psalm 7:8-9, Proverbs 24:24) To justify =…
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“Justification” and “righteousness” are not the same
As a side-project, I’m engaging in a small quest for greater semantic clarity in regard to the biblical word-group related to “justification” and “righteousness”. I’m not just trying to engage in pedantic nit-picking; I think it’s important to clarify the meanings of these really important words that are used by the apostle Paul in key…
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Keeping the Solas Together
From the Sola Panel One of the aims of the Sola Panel is to go back to basics, to remind ourselves of the importance of the ‘solas’ (i.e. scripture alone, faith alone, Christ alone, grace alone, glory to God alone). This post will look at one way in which these solas all fit together. I’m…