New Warhorn Media post by Aaron Prelock:
a dash of mortality The fifth sermon in Bullinger’s first decade of sermons dealt with the power (virtue) of faith. Faith isn’t inert; faith has power. Faith isn’t bare information; faith actually does something. Bullinger’s purpose in taking a whole...
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April 14, 2025, 1:12pm
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Aaron Prelock:
By the late Middle Ages, Augustine’s understanding of progressive justification was more or less the norm for the church. If you look at a theologian such as Thomas Aquinas you can see that his use of justification is very different to how Protestants today use the term, and yet there is something very compelling about Thomas on justification. Thomas’ emphasis on growth in the Christian life and in Christian character (he calls it virtue) is far superior to anything that exists today in Protestantism. If Thomas seems to have lost justification in his doctrine; we seem to have lost sanctification in ours.
Yep, this really is the money quote.
In the church I go to, the Lenten sermon series looked at these virtues, in the sense of spiritual disciplines - giving, generosity, submission, even Lament. So it can be done; and the leadup to Easter is a very good time to do it.