Justification by the Word

Justification by the WordGod's Word creates what he commands In Justification by the Word, Jack D. Kilcrease reintroduces Martin Luther's key doctrine. Though a linchpin of the Reformation, Luther's view of justification is often misunderstood. For Luther, justification is an expression of God's creative Word. To understand Luther on justification, one must grasp his doctrine of the Word. The same God who declared "let there be light" and it was so also declares "your sins

Throughout redemptive history

And the contents of Christian confession have developed with astonishing energy

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Professor Young's lucid study shows how early Christians used the interpretive tools of Greco-Roman culture to build an alternative Christian culture on the basis of the biblical text

The book presents Christianity as a worldwide phenomenon rather than just a Western experience

Jesus of Nazareth

Robert Jewett

Sweeney advocates that those who teach the Christian faith in all churches do so in communion with the saints who have come before

It is also a helpful resource for any student of biblical languages

a recognized expert in biblical Hebrew provides a readable

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integrating their influence into the history of the patristic church and showing how their achievements can be edifying for contemporary Christians