Forgiveness Requires Justice: Else Why the Cross?

I have a problem in keeping up with my reading. I open a good book, start in with good intentions of covering a lot of ground, and then smack! I get stopped in my tracks by some really, really good piece of insightful wisdom — a blog post enters my brain, and I have to… Continue reading Forgiveness Requires Justice: Else Why the Cross?

John Piper’s Works Righteousness “Gospel” (Part 5) — Working Your Way Through the Gate

Example of a very typical "Piperism" self-contradictory attention grabber. (From John Piper's Future Grace, Multnomah: 1995) Colossians 2:16-19 Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the… Continue reading John Piper’s Works Righteousness “Gospel” (Part 5) — Working Your Way Through the Gate