Round the Sphere Again: Gospel Favorites
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 7:45PM 
Beginning With the Cross
Here’s a quote from one of my favorite books:
[A]ny really serious attempt to understand the Christian way must begin with the cross. Unless we come to see what the cross means we do not understand Christianity.
Can you guess which book is quoted? Hint: I’ve recommended it over and over, but only a few have followed my advice.
Read the entire quote and find out which book it’s from (Of First Importance).
Standing on This Truth
Shane Lems quotes R. C. Sproul:
If I have to trust in my righteousness to get into heaven, I must completely and utterly despair of any possibility of ever being redeemed. But when we see that the righteousness that is ours by faith is the perfect righteousness of Christ, we see how glorious is the good news of the gospel. The good news is simply this: I can be reconciled to God. I can be justified, not on the basis of what I do, but on the basis of what has been accomplished for me by Christ.
Yes, double imputation is “the very heart of the gospel.” And it’s one of my favorite doctrines, too.
Explaining the Depths
Fred Sanders on the Trinitarian character of the experience of salvation:
If I have to trust in my righteousness to get into heaven, I must completely and utterly despair of any possibility of ever being redeemed. But when we see that the righteousness that is ours by faith is the perfect righteousness of Christ, we see how glorious is the good news of the gospel. The good news is simply this: I can be reconciled to God. I can be justified, not on the basis of what I do, but on the basis of what has been accomplished for me by Christ.
Read the whole article at Credo Magazine. (This is another bit of doctrine that makes my heart sing.)
Reader Comments (3)
Can you guess which book is quoted? I know! I know!
I thought you might !
I underlined that passage, and put it in my reading notebook, so I remembered it. I think it will be one of the few books I read again.