When Wright Is Wrong by Keith Mathison

FROM TABLETALK | January 2008

If you are a reader of contemporary theological works and you have not already encountered the name “N.T. Wright,” you will. Wright is the Anglican Bishop of Durham, and he is one of the most prolific biblical scholars of …Read More

The True Sons by Terry Johnson

FROM TABLETALK | February 2009

Who are the true sons of George Washington? Every player in our political arena today attempts to legitimize his or her political agenda by an appeal to the Founding Fathers. American politicians must be able to show that they embody …Read More

Justified by His Blood by Anthony Carter

FROM TABLETALK | April 2011

Have you ever wondered why God loves you and desires you in His eternal blessed presence? Have you ever contemplated (seriously) why God would look favorably on you and bless you rather than condemn you? Most of us (dare I …Read More

A Message Worth Fighting For by Tom Ascol

FROM TABLETALK | February 2009

Paul’s letter to the Galatians is relentless in its insistence that there is only one, true gospel. Any subtraction from or addition to the saving message of God’s work in Jesus Christ renders the gospel impotent. That is …Read More

Justification by Association by Burk Parsons

FROM TABLETALK | October 2004

Over the past few years I have grown increasingly concerned about the state of evangelicalism. There has been a rapid decline of doctrinal integrity, and evangelical churches throughout the country have lost their theological bearings, especially regarding the doctrine of …Read More

Forever Mercy by Dave Seng

FROM TABLETALK | March 2004

The human condition cries out for mercy. Indeed, humanity is inherently aware of its fallen, sinful condition. Scripture tells us that unbelievers actively repress the truth about their own fallen states. Humanity possesses an awareness of its need for grace …Read More

Necessary Qualifications by Burk Parsons

FROM TABLETALK | February 2005

When in the course of human language it becomes necessary to qualify the meanings of words, we must unite and defend the correct use of our language against the onslaught of misused phrases, misappropriated adjectives, and misunderstood words. In the …Read More

The Price of Our Redemption by Anthony Carter

FROM TABLETALK | November 2011

The story is told of Abraham Lincoln, who went down to the slave block and there noticed a young black girl up for auction. Moved with compassion, he bid and won her. Upon purchasing her, Lincoln told the disbelieving young …Read More

Making Molehills Out of Mountains by R.C. Sproul

FROM TABLETALK | May 2010

The crisis regarding the doctrine of justification that provoked the Protestant Reformation in the sixteenth century has not yet been resolved. Thus, the Reformation is by no means over. The dispute over justification that split the church back then threatens …Read More

Annotated Bibliography: N.T. Wright and the New Perspectives on Paul

Annotated bibliography of works on N.T. Wright and the New Perspectives on Paul.Read More

An Explanation of the New Perspective on Paul by Bryan Chapell

First, my disclaimers: I am not a New Perspective on Paul expert. A seminary president sometimes has the role of getting up to speed on an issue that has suddenly become hot in the Church, and he should make no …Read More

Forensic Justification by Francis Turretin

Is the word Justification always used in a forensic sense in this argument, or also in a moral and physical? The former we affirm, the latter we deny, against the Romanists.Read More

“Of Justification” from “The Westminster Confession of Faith”

1. Those whom God effectually calleth, He also freely justifieth: not by infusing righteousness into them, but by pardoning their sins, and by accounting and accepting their persons as righteous; not for any thing wrought in them, or done by …Read More

The Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord

The third controversy which has arisen among some theologians of the Augsburg Confession is concerning the righteousness of Christ or of faith, which God imputes by grace, through faith, to poor sinners for righteousness. For one side has contended that …Read More

“Of Justification” from “The Defense of the Augsburg Confession” by Philip Melancthon

In the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and, below, in the Twentieth Article, they condemn us, for teaching that men obtain remission of sins not because of their own merits, but freely for Christ’s sake, through faith in Christ. [They reject …Read More