When I was growing up in church, I thought that the purpose of God’s Law was to make us righteous: “Be a good boy and do as you are told.”
The problem is that Paul tells us that law-keeping won’t make us righteous.
So what is the purpose of God’s Law? Continue reading
It is important for us to obey God.
But must a Christian obey God’s laws in order to be saved? Continue reading
As Christians, we can emphasize faith over works to the extent that people can draw the false impression that we think works are unimportant.
To counter that, you can make these stone-in-the-shoe comments to Jehovah’s Witnesses: Continue reading
We are continuing our discussion of Paul’s Romans 4 teaching about faith and works.
We’ll assume that you have discussed Romans 4:1-5 with the Witnesses—either in one or two sessions and that now you are completing your look at Paul by moving on to Romans 4:6-8. Continue reading
In last week’s post, I shared with you some stone-in-the-shoe questions you can ask Jehovah’s Witnesses regarding Paul’s teaching on faith in works in Romans 4:1-3.
This week, I’m going to talk about how to get to the heart of Paul’s teaching about faith and works in Romans 4:4-5. Continue reading
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