Think About Such Things: Whatever Is Excellent

Think About Such Things: Whatever Is Excellent – “The excellence Paul has in mind, and wants us to have in our minds, is one of ‘moral excellence.’”

Dressed in His Righteousness Alone: What Is Justification by Faith?

Dressed in His Righteousness Alone: What Is Justification by Faith? – “Justification and sanctification are inseparable yet distinct, like the heat and light of a fire. You cannot have one without the other; at the same time, you can distinguish one from the other. Good works, as Paul commends them, are done in our sanctification, but they cannot contribute to our justification. If they do, justification is no longer by faith alone.”

Nobody’s Perfect (Yet)

Nobody’s Perfect (Yet) – “As soon as mankind fell in the Garden of Eden, human beings lost any means of recognizing perfection. The standard was simply unattainable. But that all changed about 2,000 years ago.”