Blog Posts on ordo salutis

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...

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...