tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post6638611801981161217..comments2024-03-10T10:40:32.319-07:00Comments on Pyromaniacs: What Are You Wearing? Part 2: On the Modern Day Assault Against the Dress Code of HeavenPhil Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-76749827210667903362018-07-22T01:49:25.696-07:002018-07-22T01:49:25.696-07:00Calvin's duplex gratia and union with Christ t...Calvin's <em>duplex gratia</em> and union with Christ theology is an important piece of soteriology to bear in mind in this discussion. It undercuts NTW's covenantal-nomism by focusing on the central role that union with Christ ought to have as we think about the 'robe of righteousness' we have been given in the <em>mirifica commutatio</em> (the wonderful exchange cf. II Cor 8.9). Wright can't handle this sort of reframing--i.e. where salvation is understood in participationist terms--because he attempts to read the Bible naturalistically and off the surface of his historical reconstruction rather than from the inner-theo-logic present in the Apostle Paul's writings and teaching. Bobby Growhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06831009618873548948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-79725848613107150012018-07-21T06:58:33.282-07:002018-07-21T06:58:33.282-07:00Indeed!
I do not nullify the grace of God, for if...Indeed!<br /><br /><i>I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.</i> (Galatians 2:21)Even So...https://www.blogger.com/profile/14208866122431178938noreply@blogger.com