Christians are to be people of great hope. Our hope is in God: “Hope in God” (Psalm 45:5). Our hope is future oriented, often called “the hope of eternal life” (Titus 3:7). Our hope gives us stability because it is not a mere wish about the future, but a strong confidence about the future: “This hope […]
Archives for February 1996
Why Knowledge of Justification by Faith Alone Is Necessary for Good Works
“Justification by faith alone frees me to love my neighbor disinterestedly, for his or her own sake, as my sister or brother, not as the calculated means to my own desired ends,” writes Timothy George of why the traditional Protestant doctrine of justification by faith alone encourages rather than discourages good works.[1] The freedom to […]
Resurrection of Christ: Myth or Reality?
Imagine that you have been hiking all day in the mountains of Colorado, and you are lost. An enormous snowstorm is fast approaching, and if you do not find a way out soon, it will cost you your life. Up ahead there is a fork in the road, where you see two people. One is […]
What is Justification?
John Calvin, the great Reformer, spoke for many when he declared that justification is “the main hinge on which religion turns.” Why is it so important? Because “unless you first of all grasp what your relationship to God is, and the nature of his judgment concerning you, you have neither a foundation on which to […]