This improvement on the Lord's behavior is typified by a commenter on a blogsite I also read today, deploring the accusation of heresy. We're all Christian brothers here, he noted, and this sort of thing, especially between Christians, is contemptible. He regarded the name-calling as prima facie immoral, and as a practical matter counter-productive because it serves to cut off the constructive dialogue by which errors can be corrected and the bond of peace maintained.

In chapter 50 of Book V, Hooker opens with this brief paragraph about the sacraments to launch us into the best samples of his writing. The chapters that follow speak of the deepest and most significant mysteries of God revealed in Christ, covering everything to do with the central doctrine of the Incarnation. Much of what follows about the Person of Christ in two natures would later be almost rewritten in modern English by E.L.

Bishop Wright's views on Paul, Israel and justification have been known for many years, and have often been debated in scholarly circles. As this latest book makes clear, those views have not been widely accepted-indeed, they have been openly opposed by almost everyone engaged in the field, from the most conservative Evangelicals to the most ardent liberals.

A generation ago evangelicals agreed on "the simple gospel": (1) God made you and wants to have a relationship with you, (2) but your sin separates you from God. (3) Jesus took the punishment your sins deserved, (4) so if you repent from sins and trust in him for your salvation, you will be forgiven, justified, and accepted freely by grace, and indwelt with his Spirit until you die and go to heaven.