tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19071531712378916.post3675752464113022288..comments2022-11-11T00:56:30.446-08:00Comments on Concordia | The Lutheran Confessions: Roundtable 33: The Smalcald Articles: The Chief ArticleRev. Paul T. McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04846468267196335350noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19071531712378916.post-21560576594033390592008-05-22T14:59:00.000-07:002008-05-22T14:59:00.000-07:00The doctrine of Justification by grace through fai...The doctrine of Justification by grace through faith alone is the golden thread that runs through the Lutheran Confessions, the article by which the church stands or falls (<I>articulis stantis et cadentis ecclesiae</I>). <BR/><BR/>I first encountered what Ken posted about the doctrine of Justification being a fiction in Robert Sungenis's book <I>Not By Faith Alone</I>. There is an endorsement onGagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15646161698639773021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19071531712378916.post-52492706232040195392008-05-13T13:16:00.000-07:002008-05-13T13:16:00.000-07:00The most dangerous theological attack I see on the...The most dangerous theological attack I see on the Hauptartikel is the so-called "New Perspective on Paul." We are used to Roman attacks on the Lutheran reading of St. Paul. What is new in the last forty years is Protestant--even some putatively Lutheran--claims that:<BR/><BR/>1. "Works of the law" refers only to ceremonial observances--sacrifices and circumcision.<BR/><BR/>2. They accept Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519948060885777629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19071531712378916.post-17014327733220147512008-05-11T12:34:00.000-07:002008-05-11T12:34:00.000-07:00In a conversation on our mutual friend's blog (Dav...In a conversation on our mutual friend's blog (David Schütz), I was really struck by the inability of the RC's to come to terms with the claim of the Apostle:<BR/><BR/>"And to the one who does not work but trusts him *who justifies the ungodly*, his faith is counted as righteousness." Rom 4:5<BR/><BR/>God JUSTIFIES the wicked. This is the heart of the Gospel itself!William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.com