Tag: justification
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Christian Doctrine (16)
Here are my summary notes on Chapter 16 of Christian Doctrine1, “Are You a Christian? The Doctrine of Justification”: Guthrie introduces the topic with possible answers to someone’s question “Are you a Christian?” What do you say? That you go to church, etc.? So, it’s about what you do? That you believe Jesus Christ died…
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Justified Extravagance
Over dinner we talked about something that seemed incomprehensibly extravagant, unjustifiably expensive, to us. “I would never spend $100 on …” “Well, if you cared about fashion – not me, of course, but if you did …” “I do buy art; I suppose some people would think spending money on art is crazy …” “Some…
Matters of Interpretation 