Smuggling Works into Faith (with Mike Abendroth)

September 21, 2022 00:41:58
Smuggling Works into Faith (with Mike Abendroth)
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Smuggling Works into Faith (with Mike Abendroth)

Sep 21 2022 | 00:41:58

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Hosted By

Jon Moffitt

Show Notes

Jon and Justin are joined by Mike Abendroth, pastor of Bethlehem Bible Church and host of No Compromise Radio. The guys have a conversation about faith--and, in particular, how works are often smuggled into faith in the evangelical church. How do we appropriately define saving faith? How do we understand the relationship between faith and works? Why is it that obedience, love, and good works are regularly woven into the definition of faith?

Semper Reformanda: Jon, Justin, and Mike talk more pointedly about Federal Vision, Lordship Salvation, final justification, and biblicism. What do all of these have in common? They all, in various ways, smuggle works into faith.

Resources:

No Compromise Radio Hosts

What is the Law?

Our episode: “Intro to Law and Gospel Distinction”

Our episode: “Why I Left Lordship Salvation”

Mike Abendroth’s Article: “My Pilgrimage from ‘Lordship’ to Law/Gospel”

Our episode: “Do John Piper and Doug Wilson Obscure Faith Alone?”

Mike Abendroth’s Book: “Gospel Assurance

Our episode: “A Critique of Lordship Salvation - Part 2”

Mike Abendroth’s “Law & Gospel” Series on American Gospel

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