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I grew up in the gospel I sketched Monday, so when I contend that I think it is right but not right enough, you can take it as friendly fire from one who learned the hard way. Three experiences led me not only to embrace a gospel like what we find in Luke but to…

1 Corinthians doesn’t have as many good commentaries as does 2 Corinthians, but these are my top four picks: I begin with Gordon Fee: The First Epistle to the Corinthians . Then I back up in time and read C.K. Barrett, whose skill in writing commentaries on Paul has no rival: The First Epistle to…

We better quote the text from James 2:20-24 again: 20 You foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless? 21 Was not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his…

Tom Wright made a fascinating suggestion in chp two of his book, Justification: God’s Plan & Paul’s Vision , that I did not mention in our previous summary. He suggested that Ephesians may have begun the new perspective. Until you know what that kind of claim means you should be very careful about criticizing the…
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