What We Can and Can’t Do, the Two Tables of the Law
To warm us up, here is some handy theological vocabulary: “The Two Tables of the Law.” When Moses brought the Ten Commandments down from Mt. Sinai t...
Category: The Law
Good, Bad, or In-Between (A Short Survey of the Doctrine of Man)
This is a re-post of an article I wrote some years ago. You can still find the original at www.hope-aurora.org. Name that Creed What is man? All theologies answ...
Your Mini-Me is a Pharisee
Your Mini-Me is a Pharisee All of us have a little Pharisee living inside us, the sinful flesh, which knows nothing of the Gospel, and is busy with the law,...
The Comfort of the Law
Comforting consciences is normally the work of the Gospel. When the law shows our sin and accuses our conscience we rightly turn to the promise of the Gospel fo...
Love is a Mass Murderer, or “Happy Valentine’s Day”
When our Lord Jesus is raking the rich young ruler over the coals, He starts with a five-commandment combo: “You shall not murder, You shall not commit ad...
Three Manifestations of the Curb of the Law
It is common in Reformation Theology to speak of the first use of the law as a curb; the law keeps a general order in society. “The first use of...