http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceL...opic/124/4433/
I thought this was a fascinating blog by Piper today. He deals with Justification by faith alone. About five or so years ago I read some passages in the bible and this core doctrine just leaped from the pages and I was never the same again.
Many within the UPC say that they teach justification by faith and maybe some do. David Bernard has books about it. However, when my own father and I were not able to reconcile our beliefs on this doctrine my world came crashing down and I finally had to make my own decisions. He was highly regarded in our local church and among many as a very wise man and a great teacher. Yet it was this simple doctrine of justification by faith that separated us. The hardest thing I have ever done was to go a different path than my family.
Is justification by faith really that big a deal among Pentecostals. I determined that it wasn't being preaching and it has cost me so much. Yes, life is better, yes I have joy after having finally found saving faith, yes I have clear direction but everything I was is now gone.
I sometimes wonder if I had known how all this would play out if I wouldn't have just shut my bible and kept quiet.
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