Theocast
Easy-Listening Legalism
September 28, 2022
Summary
Jon and Justin follow up on the conversation last week about smuggling works into faith. Today's episode is a little different than the norm. The guys critique teaching from John Piper, John MacArthur, and Doug Wilson on the relationship between faith and works. Multiple excerpts and quotes are cited, all of which are available in the show notes. The reason for this episode is to defend the clarity of the gospel--that we are saved by Christ alone and receive his merits by faith alone, apart from any works we could ever do.
Topics
- Following up on smuggling works into faith
- Critiquing public teaching on faith and works
- Defending the clarity of the gospel—Christ alone, faith alone
- Salvation apart from any works we could ever do
Transcript
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Hi, this is Justin.
Today on Theocast, John and I are going to have a follow-up conversation from our episode last week.
We had Mike Avondroth on a week ago to talk about smuggling works into faith.
Today, John and I are going to talk about easy listening legalism and try to give some specific examples from prominent theologians in our day where we fear that works are being smuggled into faith.
All of the things that we quote will be in the show notes for your reference and for your use.
We hope that this conversation is clarifying for you, particularly when it comes to the nature of the gospel and the sufficiency of the work of Christ.
He is our whole and only righteousness by faith.
That's what we're going to talk about today.
There's nothing more important.
Stay tuned.
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