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Easy-Listening Legalism

Theocast

Theocast INC

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Spirituality

4.9860 Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Jon and Justin follow up on the conversation last week about smuggling works into faith. Today's episode is a little different than the norm. The guys critique teaching from John Piper, John MacArthur, and Doug Wilson on the relationship between faith and works. Multiple excerpts and quotes are cited, all of which are available in the show notes. The reason for this episode is to defend the clarity of the gospel--that we are saved by Christ alone and receive his merits by faith alone, apart from any works we could ever do. Semper Reformanda: Jon and Justin talk about the legitimacy of critiquing doctrine that has been publicly taught and distributed. And then, the guys make a number of observations about the ways social and political concerns seem to be the tie that binds in many conservative Christian streams. Resources:Our episodes on the Law/Gospel DistinctionOur episode on "Smuggling Works into Faith" Full Show Notes Page

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Justin. Today on Theocast, John and I are going to have a follow-up conversation

0:09.1

from our episode last week. We had Mike Avondroth on a week ago to talk about smuggling works into

0:14.6

faith. Today, John and I are going to talk about easy listening legalism and try to give some

0:19.0

specific examples from prominent

0:20.8

deologians in our day where we fear that works are being smuggled into faith. All of the things

0:26.6

that we quote will be in the show notes for your reference and for your use. We hope that

0:33.0

this conversation is clarifying for you, particularly when it comes to the nature of the gospel

0:37.8

and the sufficiency of the work of Christ. He is our whole and only righteousness by faith.

0:43.8

So we're going to talk about today. There's nothing more important. Stay tuned.

0:47.4

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0:59.0

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1:18.3

Welcome to Thocast, encouraging weary pilgrims to rest in Christ.

1:24.8

Conversations about the Christian life from a confessional, reformed, and pastoral perspective.

1:28.1

John's using props for those who are watching on the YouTube.

1:33.2

On the tube. The audio format is disregard. We do try to encourage people to rest in Christ,

1:39.0

and that includes John and myself, as we are prone to think in all kinds of ways we shouldn't,

1:44.0

and we desperately need to be reminded of what Christ has done for us. And so I've already used our names,

1:44.5

haven't even introduced us yet, and haven't even told you who your hosts are. If you're listening

1:48.4

regularly, you probably know. But if you're newer, we want to make you aware. Your hosts today

1:53.7

around the virtual table are John Moffat, who is pastor of Grace Reformed Church in Spring Hill, Tennessee.

1:59.9

And I'm Justin Purdue, pastor of Covenant Baptist Church in Spring Hill, Tennessee. And I'm Justin Perdue,

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