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Thomas Boston and his friends believed that “the gospel-doctrine” had been attacked in the Marrow Controversy.
Sinclair B. Ferguson • The Whole Christ
He wove the story of the Fall of Adam and Eve into Paul’s predestination theme and came up with his own version of the doctrine, whose logic went like this: because we all inherit Adam’s guilt and ‘come into the world tainted with sin’ we deserve and are destined for eternal damnation.
Richard Holloway • Stories We Tell Ourselves: Making Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
Instead, we should conclude with Paul that we are justified by faith alone, not through faith formed by love.
Martin Luther • Faith Alone: A Daily Devotional
We are justified through faith in Christ, not through our own efforts.
Martin Luther • Faith Alone: A Daily Devotional
he Christian no longer lives of himself, by his own claims and his own justification, but by God's claims and God's justification