Whereas obedience is the response to grace, grace is the consequence of law keeping. The merciful will be shown mercy (Matt. 5:7). In response to his children’s obedience, the Father gives yet more grace. The righteousness for which believers hope (Gal. 5:5) is no less a gift than that which has embraced them in the gospel (Rom. 1:17; 3:21). At the Final Judgment, those who obey the law will indeed be declared righteous (Rom. 2:13), not as a basis for forgiveness, but as the Father’s glad acceptance and approval of what they have done in response to grace (cf. 1 Cor. 4:5; Matt. 25:21; Jas. 2:14-26).

Kind of counter-intuitive.

Hat tip

To the 10th generation.

Little more than a year ago.

For some mysterious reason I google-blogsearched the terms “reformed” and “hermeneutics.”  And for some mysterious reason R. S. Clark posted on the topic.  This is the sort of website I usually avoid, but the entry is quite good both for content and for the reminder that a “reformed hermeneutic” might be explained in, say, a few books on that topic written by Reformed notables.

Why this is worth pointing out is, in my opinion, better left unstated.  But there it is.

Christine has posted some new skits.  Here’s one.

Kevin posts a documentary.

This only confirms to me I am right to stay away from the DeRegnoChristi blog/debate on FV. Others will go and bring me all the good things. So why torture myself when all I have to do is wait for signs of love and grace to come to me?

An experiment in link generation.

A recent survey of business leaders’ attitudes toward IT showed an owner’s level of tech savvy is linked to growth in revenue and employee count.

Heh.