On this episode of Things Above us Round Table, George Alvarado and Chuck Ivey continue our series on Getting the New Covenant Right by diving into the New Perspectives on Paul and the damage it does to the doctrine justification by faith.
Scriptures: Genesis 15; Romans 3-5; Galatians 3; Ephesians 2.
Resources:
1. The Whole Christ by Sinclair Ferguson
2. The God Who Justifies by James White
3. When Wright is Wrong by Phillip D. R. Griffiths
Online Articles and Videos:
1. The Doctrine of Justification and the New Perspectives on Paul
2. NT Wright vs. James White – St. Paul & Justification – Unbelievable?
3. D.A. Carson – The New Perspective On Paul
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Your working definitions of ‘righteousness’, and ‘justification’ are what your ‘perspective on Paul’ completely hinges upon. If nothing else, the NPP has called us to reconsider these concepts, and the ‘baggage’ we bring to these terms.
It isnt like we use words like ‘faith’, ‘justification’, and ‘righteousness’ often outside of the ‘church’… And the semantic range for these english terms must be proved to be the same as the biblical authors’ conceptualizations of these terms to claim that these terms mean ‘XXX’ without further nuance.
//If nothing else, the NPP has called us to reconsider these concepts, and the ‘baggage’ we bring to these terms.//
Davey, what lexical merit do we have to “reconsider” these concepts?