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Justified in the Spirit: Creation, Redemption, and the Triune God is unavailable, but you can change that!

Historically, the premise of justification by grace through faith has been debated according to Protestant and Catholic understandings. It has, therefore, been limited to the question of whether justification is the reception of forgiveness by faith along or the personal transformation that occurs as we cooperate with grace. Though some recent ecumenical discussions have sought to link to the...

serious theological gaps in this metaphor that it obscures as much as it clarifies. Even if one highlights the legal overtones of justification, the Spirit cannot be excluded as a major player in the drama. After all, the Spirit is an advocate, too (John 14:16, 26; 15:26; 16:7), and a witness to what God has done through Christ (John 15:26). The court scene is incomplete without its transformation through the Spirit into a circle of divine advocacy and witness, life and communion that mercifully
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