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Piper and Wright have taken the debate on justification from the academy to the masses. Here is where the two evangelicals differ. Download a PDF of this article here.
19 Οκτ 2007 · John Piper: Wright’s grasp—or expression—of the gospel itself does not include justification or a statement about how to be saved. Let me read you a quote or two: “The gospel’ itself refers to the proclamation that Jesus, the crucified and risen Messiah, is the one, true and only Lord of the world.”.
In fact, Piper speaks of our works being brought forward as “compelling evidence” in final justification at the last day and appeals to Jesus’ words in Matthew 12:37, “For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.”. Piper equates “words” with “works of love.”.
Today’s interview with N.T. Wright (Bishop of Durham) concerns his new book: Justification: God’s Plan and Paul’s Vision. Justification represents Wright’s response to John Piper’s The Future of Justification (see my commentary here) and is scheduled for release in the UK in February by SPCK and in the U.S. in May by IVP.
In the last several years, John Piper has repeatedly addressed the doctrine of justification in his sermons and writings. Now he does so via close interaction with the writings of prominent New Testament scholar and Anglican bishop N. T. Wright.
24 Μαρ 2021 · Includes bibliographical references and indexes. On controversy -- Caution : not all biblical-theological methods and categories are illuminating -- The relationship between covenant and law-court imagery for justification -- The law-court dynamics of justification and the meaning of God's righteousness -- The law-court dynamics of ...
In his most recent response to Harrison Perkins’s TGC review of his book, Piper cites John Calvin as an example of someone who includes affections as a part of faith: “‘In a word, faith is . . . a warm embrace of Christ.’. Even the aspect of faith called ‘assent . . . consists in pious affection.’”
