tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post5536706934808863323..comments2024-03-27T03:32:53.817-05:00Comments on Euangelion: Lane Tipton and Calvin, Union with Christ, & JustificationMichael F. Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713482855679578651noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-68142080286727207452013-07-07T13:04:31.339-05:002013-07-07T13:04:31.339-05:00Union with Christ is always the first step to: Wor...Union with Christ is always the first step to: Worship of God,<br />Love, Joy and Peace, even our first to becoming a Christian...Jesus (to me) made all that and more clear<br />When He told Nicodemus: "Verily, Verily, I say unto thee,<br />Except a man be born again, he cannot see ( experience )<br />The kingdom of God.Farleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15002396907880417831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-47060807484963456572009-08-08T08:18:10.849-05:002009-08-08T08:18:10.849-05:00Justification based on union? Whoa!
Since justif...Justification based on union? Whoa!<br /><br />Since justification an an act of God's free grace wherein he pardons all our sins and accepts us as righteous in his sight, only for the righteousness of Christ, imputed to us and received by faith alone (WSC), I'd have thought it better to say that justification is based on God's work in Christ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-6615446010651007462009-07-23T11:52:31.363-05:002009-07-23T11:52:31.363-05:00MrErr,
I haven't read as much Luther, but in ...MrErr,<br /><br />I haven't read as much Luther, but in Calvin, union with Christ really is unmistakably central to justification. A perusal of the relevant sections of the Institutes could clarify this pretty easily.Andrew Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15988271380078306035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-61639638636913582002009-07-23T00:40:03.432-05:002009-07-23T00:40:03.432-05:00I am wondering if there is some history revisionis...I am wondering if there is some history revisionism going on among some scholars to make Calvin and Luther more palatable to contemporary audiences. Not having read Calvin or Luther myself but having read a good number of Reformed and Lutheran scholars, the concept of Union with Christ as a part of justification has been pretty much absent.MrErrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01148671273642240181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-49415082727612818922009-07-21T00:07:48.606-05:002009-07-21T00:07:48.606-05:00Gorman's latest picks up the same theme. Gotta...Gorman's latest picks up the same theme. Gotta say, I like it. And Marshall has an IJST article that looks at the same in (the Finnish?) Luther. Kinda makes you wonder how one aspect displaced so much else within justification.CJWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10715644165768403835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-27057843976150457842009-07-20T22:39:58.397-05:002009-07-20T22:39:58.397-05:00Nice way to pick up Romans 4:25...
Romans 4:25
N...Nice way to pick up Romans 4:25...<br /><i><b>Romans 4:25 </b><br /><br />NET © He was given over because of our transgressions and was raised for the sake of our justification. </i>Bruce J. Russell, Sr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07097120344047032540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-24799738838777446762009-07-20T14:38:51.334-05:002009-07-20T14:38:51.334-05:00Dr. Bird,
I was wondering about a certain way of ...Dr. Bird,<br /><br />I was wondering about a certain way of stating the relationship between justification and union with Christ. Would you be comfortable saying that justification is an aspect of union with Christ (namely, union with the verdict he received in his resurrection) rather than simply affirming that justification is based on union with Christ?Andrew Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15988271380078306035noreply@blogger.com