"It is of great importance to straighten out this inverting of the relationship, criticizing Christ by Paul, the Master by the disiple." Kierkegaard, My Task (1855)
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1. Preface - Part 1 -- click below - 40 minutes -- Bonhoeffer, Tyndale, and Luther all realized at end faith alone was incorrect, and advocated double justification. Salvation begins by faith, but a Christian must have a secondary justification by obedience and works. To download in MP3, go to this link and click "Download" for this episode listed June 11, 2011.
2. Preface - Part 2 - click below to pay - 8 minutes. This reviews Melancthon's effort as head of Lutheran church after Luther's death to rectify the 'faith alone' doctrine. In 1558 Melancthon succeeded in having the church adopt the double justifrication doctrine. This part 2 explains how this was done, and shows us how this encourages us to also seek to listen to Jesus' words to rectify our common misconception that faith alone is all that is necessary for our salvation. To download in MP3, go to this link and click "Download" for this episode listed for June 11, 2011.
Conclusion - Part 5 - The personal danger to those teaching faith alone for salvation. The warning of God is you are responsible as the watchmen who did not warn. To download in MP3, go to this link and click "Download" for this episode listed June 11, 2011.
Conclusion - Part 6 - The Shortest Possible Synopsis of Jesus' Doctrine of Salvation
Conclusion - Part 7 - with Post-Script- lesson we are in revived Marcionism, and we can follow early church example - 144 AD to 350 AD -- of how to defeat it. To download in MP3, go to this link and click "Download" for this episode listed for June 11, 2011
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