Ten Differences Between the Reformation and Rome: Pure Church: Are Protestants Still Protesting?.

“Love as integral to justification” – now there’s the rub. Is love an instrument? A basis or ground? Or an invariable accompaniment to justifying faith? Does love precede and ground or follow and evidence justification.

The Pope on Justification by Faith and Love – Reformation21 Blog.

We’d all like to believe that our struggle with sin involves only external enemies. We’re willing to say that Satan is to blame for our sin. We’re even willing to blame the world—as long as it’s an external cause. As long as we don’t have to take the blame on ourselves.

Pyromaniacs: The Devil Made me Do It.

In my experience, most Christians who have read the book adore it. There are people I respect greatly who love this book, without qualification, and consider it a great gift of God to thirsty people. There are others I respect as much who are deeply concerned about the book’s messages, both overt and subtle, and their impact on people. In a sense, both might be right, but both need to understand the other point of view and that many books that are good for some people are not good for others.

I believe that those who are well-grounded in the Word won’t be harmed by the weaknesses and deficiencies of the book. Unfortunately, few people these days are well-grounded in the Word.

Read the full review at TheResurgence.

It is good news that we will never be thanked by God.

Not thanking us is a form of love.

Read more: God Isn’t Grateful.

There are, as you can imagine, quite a few Christian responses floating out there to the Newsweek cover story on homosexuality and the Bible.

Among them…

• Christianity Today editorializes.
• Justin Taylor summarizes and links to Robert Gagnon’s 23-page response here.
• Darrell Bock responds here.
• Jeff Robinson of CBMW begins a series of responses here.
• John Mark Reynolds comes to the conclusion that the Bible’s support of traditional marriage is obvious.