The Castle Church Door

I recently wrote about some passages in the gospels that support the doctrine of justification through faith alone. When I discuss the subject, I often cite some of the same few passages each time, like Mark 2:5, Luke 7:50, and Luke 18:10-14. However, the concept is found in a lot of other passages in the gospels as well.In the Synoptics, some of the healing passages suggest that salvation, ...

Suppose you were exploring an unknown glacier in the north of Greenland in the dead of winter. Just as you reach a sheer cliff with a spectacular view of miles and miles of jagged ice and mountains of snow, a terrible storm breaks in. The wind is so strong that the fear rises in your heart that it might blow you over the cliff. But in the midst ...

Some of you may be interested in following the comments section of a previous thread here. A Roman Catholic poster, Nick, is trying to reconcile passages like Mark 2:5, Luke 7:50, and Acts 10:44-48 with Roman Catholic soteriology. Notice what sort of argumentation he has to resort to in an attempt to reconcile these passages with Roman Catholicism.

Scripture repeatedly refers to people as justified as soon as they come to faith rather than having to wait until baptism or some other work is later added to their faith (Mark 2:5, Luke 7:50, Acts 10:44-48, 19:2, etc.). These passages are problematic for Roman Catholic soteriology. The following are some comments made about one of these passages, Luke 18:10-14, by some Roman Catholic posters in recent threads ...

Paul Helm discusses John Piper's book on N.T. Wright.