Selected Reading, May 2, 2020
Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 3:30AM 
A few suggestions for your weekend reading.
Justification
Justification and the Remonstrants
How the Remonstrants, who were followers of Jacob Arminius, caused a crack in the foundation of the biblical doctrine of justification. In a nutshell, they taught that the believer’s faith is the grounds of their justification rather than the imputed righteousness of Christ. It might seem like a small thing, but it’s a big deal.
Justification and Roman Catholicism
Once again, it’s a question of the grounds of justification. Is it the imputed righteousness of Christ, or a person’s own righteousness granted to them by God Another small foundation crack that compromises the whole building.
Christian History
Why Creeds?
A short defense of creeds. (There’s one statement I’d quibble with. Can you guess what it is?)
Philosophy
Predestination and Human Actions
James Anderson on why Calvinism isn’t fatalism. And as he says, “The distinction … has enormously significant implications for the Christian life.”
Ecclesiology
Why Gather? Thinking About Gathering When Churches Can’t
This isn’t an argument one way or another about whether churches should gather together physically right now. But it is a reminder that a church is by nature a gathering. “Meeting … isn’t just something churches do. A meeting is, in part, what a church is. God has saved us as individuals to be a corporate assembly.”
