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Those God effectually calls he also freely justifies.1 He does this, not by infusing righteousness into them but by pardoning their sins and accounting and accepting them as righteous.2 He does this for Christ’s sake alone and not for anything produced in them or done by them.3 He does not impute faith itself, the act of believing, or any other gospel obedience to them as their righteousness.

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This faith may exist in varying degrees so that it may be either weak or strong.11 Yet even in its weakest form, it is different in kind or nature (like all other saving graces) from the faith and common grace of temporary believers.12 Therefore, faith may often be attacked and weakened, but it gains the victory.13 It matures in many to the point that they attain full assurance through Christ,14 who is both the founder and perfecter of our faith.15ġ1 Hebrews 5:13, 14 Matthew 6:30 Romans 4:19, 20. 12 2 Peter 1:1. 13 Ephesians 6:16 1 John 5:4, 5. 14 Hebrews 6:11, 12 Colossians 2:2. 15 Hebrews 12:2.

The grace of faith, by which the elect are enabled to believe so that their souls are saved, is the work of the Spirit of Christ in their hearts.1 Faith is ordinarily produced by the ministry of the Word.2 By this same ministry and by the administration of baptism and the Lord’s supper, prayer, and other means appointed by God, faith is increased and strengthened.3ġ 2 Corinthians 4:13 Ephesians 2:8. 2 Romans 10:14, 17. 3 Luke 17:5 1 Peter 2:2 Acts 20:32.

Our episode on “Smuggling Works into Faith” Our episodes on the Law/Gospel Distinction 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. Semper Reformanda: Jon and Justin talk about the legitimacy of critiquing doctrine that has been publicly taught and distributed. 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. Multiple excerpts and quotes are cited, all of which are available in the show notes. The guys critique teaching from John Piper, John MacArthur, and Doug Wilson on the relationship between faith and works. Today’s episode is a little different than the norm. So go ahead and fix yourself a drink (preferably something brown and boozy), sit back, kick your feet up, and dream awhile… and dig the sounds of easy listening.Jon and Justin follow up on the conversation last week about smuggling works into faith. The following playlist of my favorite easy listening tracks can be thought of as a companion piece to the record. “The new 2nd Grade record is named Easy Listening, and is largely concerned with the difficult existence of our hopes and dreams in this turbulent world. A ‘manual for living with defeat’, to borrow a phrase from the great Leonard Cohen.

The one is built for eager anticipation of what could happen tonight (!!!) the other is made for languid rumination of what could have once been, but is now forever out of reach. Spiritually they inhabit two sides of the same coin.

Yet in practice, power-pop is known as the commercial ‘kiss of death,’ and easy listening is often dismissed as elevator music. On paper they are two ideal styles of popular music, instilling immaculately crafted pop compositions with the raw material of our most urgent dreams and desires.

The band’s Peter Gill says of the curated playlist: “Power-pop and easy listening: two misunderstood genres with a lot in common. And yet, despite the implications of that phrase, the playlist is pretty much wall-to-wall jams: Astrud Gilberto, Burt Bacharach, Scott Walker, Alex Chilton. Today, Philly power pop group 2nd Grade release their new album, Easy Listening via Double Double Whammy. And to coincide with the release of their excellent new record, the group has shared a new playlist of-you guessed it-easy listening songs.