Linked Together: Faith Is A Gift

Considering This
John Piper:

Consider the word “this” in Ephesians 2:8. Does it refer to “faith” or “grace” or both? Is faith a gift of God?

Read A Whole World Hangs on a Word.

Questioning Work
Matthew Barrett answers this question  (The Gospel Coalition):

Why is faith not a work? If we are obligated to have faith before righteousness can be credited to us (Romans 4), how is faith not a work? 

 Surprisingly, some commenters are arguing that faith is a work.  

Theological Term of the Week

theological prolegomena
“The issues of theology that need to be learned before one can learn anything further”;1 an introductory section discussing the presuppositions of a theological work; an introduction to systematic theology. Since Christian theology is based on God’s revelation, a theological prolegomena often contains a treatise on the doctrine of revelation; consequently, the term prolegomena is also sometimes used to refer to the doctrine of revelation (example).

• From Francis Turretin on Theological Prolegomena by J. V. Fesko:

What is [theological prolegomena] and to what does it refer? The first term, theological, is made up of the two Greek words, theos (God) and logos (word), and refers to the study of God. The second, prolegomena, is made up of two Greek words, pro (before) and legomena, the participle form of the word lego (I say). Hence prolegomena literally means “before words,” or “sayings.”
 Within the context of theology, then, theological prolegomena is the term that refers to “the introductory section of a treatise or system of thought in which basic principles and premises are enunciated.” Stated simply, theological prolegomena is the section in a theological work where a theologian’s presuppositions are laid out. For example, What is theology? What is the relationship between God’s knowledge and our knowledge? How does human reason relate to theology?

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Linked Together: Three Rs

Resurrection
From the New City Catechism: What does Christ’s resurrection mean for us?

Reinforcing
The three attributes of canonical books work together as a unit. (Shane Lems quotes Michael Kruger at The Reformed Reader)

Reversal
At The Upward Call, Kim Shay gives us two examples of God-worked reversals.