Category: Soteriology
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Romans 1 introduces a pastoral letter to Jews and Gentiles
The big risk in reading Paul’s letter to the Romans is not realising its context. This is a letter with a pastoral intent: Paul is trying to help Jewish and Gentile followers of Jesus to get along. As Scot McKnight has noted, parts of the letter are really aimed at only one of the two…
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The theology of sola fide in ‘The Cross’
The Bethel Music song The Blood highlights the idea of “sola fide” – the Reformation concept, in Latin, of salvation by faith alone. The lyrics read: It’s never been about performancePerfection striving for acceptanceLet me tell youIt’s only by the bloodIt’s never been about deserving or earningIt’s a gift that’s freely givenLet me tell youIt’s…