RESTORING SOLA FIDE
Jack D. Kilcrease
Justification by the Word: Restoring Sola Fide
Copyright 2022 Jack D. Kilcrease
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In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
God gives life to the dead | |
and calls into existence the things that do not exist. | |
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, | |
prisoners in affliction and in irons, | |
for they had rebelled against the words of God, | |
and spurned the counsel of the Most High. | |
Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, | |
and he delivered them from their distress. | |
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, | |
and burst their bonds apart. | |
He sent out his word and healed them, | |
and delivered them from their destruction. | |
Forever, O Lord, your word | |
is firmly fixed in the heavens. | |
O Lord, I love the habitation of your house | |
and the place where your glory dwells. |
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
Blessed Lord, you sent out your word to heal us and deliver us from destruction. Grant that we might so receive and cherish your word that we might embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life; through Jesus Christ. Amen.
Justification and the Old Testament:
Salvation through the Word in the Hebrew Bible
Salvation Through the Word in the Ministry of Jesus
The Eschatological Redemption by the Word of God
Justification in the Early Church and Augustine:
The Bishop of Hippo’s Theological Foundations
The Origins of the Augustinian Dilemma
Justification in the Middle Ages:
Augustinian and Aristotelian Legacies in Latin Theology
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About Justification by the Word: Restoring Sola FideGod’s Word creates what he commands. In Justification by the Word, Jack D. Kilcrease reintroduces Martin Luther’s key doctrine. Though a linchpin of the Reformation, Luther’s view of justification is often misunderstood. For Luther, justification is an expression of God’s creative Word. To understand Luther on justification, one must grasp his doctrine of the Word. The same God who declared “let there be light”—and it was so—also declares “your sins are forgiven.” Justification is an objective reality. It is achieved in Christ’s resurrection and received through an encounter with the risen Christ in Word and sacrament. Justification turns us outward, away from our own unsteady feelings and limited understanding, to look to Christ. And the church must preach justification, lest we so easily forfeit the joy of the gospel. Justification by the Word inspires readers to reencounter the radical doctrine of justification by faith alone. |
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