Blog Posts on justification
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The Best from Warfield's Pen by Underdog Theology on Mar 21, 2012The following may represent the greatest product of B.B. Warfield's ruminations: It belongs to the very essence of the type of Christianity propagated by the Reformation that the believer should feel himself continuously unworthy of the grace by whi...
Nobody is Perfect But... by Life N Canvas on Mar 19, 2012“Justified means just as if you've never sinned.” ~Joyce MeyerEach of us may receive what is due us for the things done whether good or bad. ~2 Corinthians 5:10 ...
John Owen on the Priority of Justification by Underdog Theology on Nov 17, 2011The following by John Owen, in his work entitled The Doctrine of Justification by Faith, has been cited as proof of his holding to the priority of mystical/existential union as over and against the priority of justification: "The foundation of the i...
Westminster Wednesday: Vos on the Priority of Justification in Mystical Union by Underdog Theology on Nov 16, 2011Couldn't be more black and white: "Naturally the problem becomes most accentuated where it touches the center of Paul's teaching. This, we may still insist, is the doctrine of justification. Recent attempts to dislodge it from this position, and to...
alightforrevelation: from Chosen By God by R.C. Sproul thank... by Ang Erehe on Nov 8, 2011alightforrevelation: from Chosen By God by R.C. Sproul thank you Jesus. “Sapagkat sa mula’t mula pa’y alam na ng Diyos kung sino ang magiging kanya at ang mga ito’y pinili niya upang maging tulad ng kanyang Anak. Sa gayon, ang Anak ang n...
The Elders' Creed in Brief by My Thoughts on Oct 18, 2011The Sacred Scroll with its clear statements of divine truth. However, it should not replace scripture, nullify it, nor change nor add to scripture. 1. There is but one living and true God. His Attributes 2. The attributes of Go...
Westminster Wednesday: Turretin on the Priority of Justification in Mystical Union by Underdog Theology on Aug 24, 2011Firstly, I must say that I have benefited immensely from the conversations on the doctrine of union with Christ that have ensued over the Net in the course of the past few weeks (which actually has spanned many years already). I am grateful for the...
Westminster Wednesday: More on "Unionism" by Underdog Theology on Aug 17, 2011In this article, Dr. John V. Fesko reviews two books that deal with the doctrine of union with Christ and its relation to John Calvin's theology. He gives approval to J. Todd Billings' Calvin, Participation, and the Gift: The Activity of Believers in...
Westminster Wednesday: "Unionism"? by Underdog Theology on Jul 20, 2011There is somewhat of a "debate" within Reformed circles, one that sees the "unionist" up against the "justificationist." While the doctrines of union with Christ and justification are both unequivocally propounded in Scripture and the Reformed confes...
The Sum of Salvation is Christ by Underdog Theology on Jul 7, 2011If the title's proposition is true, then why would there be ringing in the pulpits devoid of the declaration of the person and work of Christ? If the Christian life is held afloat by the gratitude that is formed by the realization in heart and mind o...
