![]() ![]() ![]() “To propagate a false gospel and feel nothing but pride is to be in the most dangerous place possible.” “To have no interest in the true doctrine of justification, to be a happy heretic, and an ambiguous one at that is to be in a place of the most grave spiritual danger. His books include Simply Christian, The Challenge of Jesus, and the N. “Where are the terrified people … the terrorized sinners?” Wright is a prolific author, respected theologian, and former church minister. In the church that fear doesn’t exist, MacArthur says. Such people he says are in the “state of Luther without the fear” and he further says “If you are without the fear you are going to hell.” He says he is “propagating a false gospel” and such persons are “void of the Holy Spirit who convicts of sin…” Luther, however, experienced the holy judgment of God and it led him to the truth. The gospel, he says of Wright, “is not an account of how people get saved.” After quoting 1 Cor 15 where gospel and salvation are connected, MacArthur says “NT Wright is NT Wrong.” Wright, he says, believes “no one will be justified until he reaches heaven.” He says Paul does not think the gospel is justification by faith. But he does know what Wright “does not believe.” He says Wright calls “substitutionary atonement” “paganism.” MacArthur says Wright “rejects Jesus as the sacrifice that God chose to die for our sins.” Wright rejects, he says, “the idea that our sins are imputed to Christ” and the idea that his “righteousness is imputed to us” MacArthur says Wright’s writings are a “mass of confusing ambiguity, contradiction and obfuscation” and “academic sleight of hand.” MacArthur says he cannot tell people what Wright believes. Third, details in this YouTube set of accusations. Perfect for group use or daily personal reflection, these studies use the inductive method combined with Wright's thoughtful insights to bring contemporary application of Scripture to life. Wright walks everyday readers book by book through the New Testament. Second, the “new perspective” can be synthesized but it is inaccurate to gather them all into a similar sounding song: Sanders doesn’t agree with Dunn doesn’t agree with Wright doesn’t agree with Davies doesn’t agree with Stendahl. In this series from Intervarsity Press, respected pastor and New Testament scholar N.
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