superfluous.’1 My contention is that indeed there are resources within Scripture that affirm both sola fide and the necessity of works, obedience and faithfulness. Berkouwer’s note, perhaps, rings true with those of us in evangelical churches. We are rightly concerned to affirm a central truth like sola fide, but have not always articulated what it means to live obedience-filled lives, and to see practical faithfulness as a part of what it means to be a Christian. I suspect that some of our difficulty
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