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Everyone is looking for power. Political campaigns play to the power of fear and hope; advertising agencies rely on the power of appetite, both wielding power by the means of words. But churches have something different and better. Churches have the gospel. Though we live in the world, we must not wage war like the world, or fight with its weapons. On the contrary, we have divine power to...

If we are justified through faith, isn’t it true that we are also sanctified through faith? Yes, says DeYoung, but “through” means something different. This latter gift from God comes through divinely enabled toil and effort. It is not enough to say, “look to the Lord” or “get gripped by the gospel.” Growth in the underestimated gospel requires Spirit-powered, gospel-driven, faith-fueled work. Dever in turn considers how carelessness in our life and doctrine have led to so many false conversions,