Theology check...
Over the last several years, as I've started pursuing my doctorate, I have read a lot of really bizarro theology. The following quotation struck me as not quite so bizarro. In fact, I think it sounds pretty (refreshingly) good.
What think ye?
"It’s a central tenet of our faith and, for that reason, present throughout the entire Bible, that the book of Job strongly highlights. Human works, as Paul says, according to the revelation of Jesus Christ, do not justify, do not save; they cannot force God’s hand. That is the scope of his affirmation of “justification by faith” (Rom 3:28). Faith that saves is grace from the Lord. Entrance into the kingdom of God is not a right that is acquired, not even by the practice of works of righteousness; it is always a free gift. “By grace you have been saved,” says Paul to the Ephesians (2:5)."
What think ye?
"It’s a central tenet of our faith and, for that reason, present throughout the entire Bible, that the book of Job strongly highlights. Human works, as Paul says, according to the revelation of Jesus Christ, do not justify, do not save; they cannot force God’s hand. That is the scope of his affirmation of “justification by faith” (Rom 3:28). Faith that saves is grace from the Lord. Entrance into the kingdom of God is not a right that is acquired, not even by the practice of works of righteousness; it is always a free gift. “By grace you have been saved,” says Paul to the Ephesians (2:5)."
posted by Gary McDuda at 4:35 PM
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