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Of glory died.

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Was it not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac, his son, on the altar?

Do you see that faith was working together with his works and by works?

Faith was made perfect and scripture was fulfilled.

Abraham believed God is accounted to him as righteousness and he was called a friend of God.

You see then that a man is justified by works and not by faith only.

Well, that's James. He appears to be contradicting the Apostle Paul, where Paul explicitly excludes works in, well, pretty much every

single one of his epistles, is this a contradiction? Welcome back to Issues, Etc. I'm Todd Wilkin, joining us to talk about

James II and Faith Alone, Dr. Jordan Cooper. He's executive director of Justin Sinner,

professor of systematic theology at American Lutheran Theological Seminary. He's author of several

books, including his latest, The Doctrine of Classical Theism, and a recent column

titled Does James Disprove Solofide? He hosts a video his latest, The Doctrine of God, a Defense of Classical Theism, in a recent column titled,

Does James Disprove Solofide? He hosts a video titled, Does James Contradict Paul on Justification?

Dr. Cooper, welcome back.

Thanks for having me back, Todd.

The apparent contradiction between the Apostle Paul and the Apostle apostle James on the issue of justification by

faith alone has led some Lutherans to either completely or practically dismiss the book of

James altogether. Is that the way to go on this? Yeah, I think that is the serious mistake. And so when we're talking about the relationship

between James and Paul, you know, we can either take the perspective that they kind of contradict

each other. And if you're taking that perspective, well, then you basically have to throw one of

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