Sin Boldly!: Justifying Faith for Fragile and Broken Souls

When we discover we don't justify ourselves because God has justified us, we become free. What Sin Boldly! points to is the presence of the crucified and living Christ in the human soul, placed there by the Holy Spirit. And this becomes transformative.

Sin Boldly! provides an experiential analysis of the contrast between self-justification and justification by God. Those among us with fragile souls are anxious, and we shore up our anxiety with walls of self-justification that victimize those whom we scapegoat. Those among us with broken souls have lost the very moral universe that makes any kind of justification possible, and this usually leads to anomie and suicide. We must pose the question: how can the gospel of grace provide transformation for both fragile and broken souls? After an exposition of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, this book proposes the following answer: trusting in the God of grace relieves anxiety and provides a divine vocation that transcends our moral universe with the promise of forgiveness, renewal, and resurrection.

 
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Sin Boldly!: Justifying Faith for Fragile and Broken Souls

When we discover we don't justify ourselves because God has justified us, we become free. What Sin Boldly! points to is the presence of the crucified and living Christ in the human soul, placed there by the Holy Spirit. And this becomes transformative.

Sin Boldly! provides an experiential analysis of the contrast between self-justification and justification by God. Those among us with fragile souls are anxious, and we shore up our anxiety with walls of self-justification that victimize those whom we scapegoat. Those among us with broken souls have lost the very moral universe that makes any kind of justification possible, and this usually leads to anomie and suicide. We must pose the question: how can the gospel of grace provide transformation for both fragile and broken souls? After an exposition of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, this book proposes the following answer: trusting in the God of grace relieves anxiety and provides a divine vocation that transcends our moral universe with the promise of forgiveness, renewal, and resurrection.

 
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Sin Boldly!: Justifying Faith for Fragile and Broken Souls

Sin Boldly!: Justifying Faith for Fragile and Broken Souls

by Ted Peters
Sin Boldly!: Justifying Faith for Fragile and Broken Souls

Sin Boldly!: Justifying Faith for Fragile and Broken Souls

by Ted Peters

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Overview

When we discover we don't justify ourselves because God has justified us, we become free. What Sin Boldly! points to is the presence of the crucified and living Christ in the human soul, placed there by the Holy Spirit. And this becomes transformative.

Sin Boldly! provides an experiential analysis of the contrast between self-justification and justification by God. Those among us with fragile souls are anxious, and we shore up our anxiety with walls of self-justification that victimize those whom we scapegoat. Those among us with broken souls have lost the very moral universe that makes any kind of justification possible, and this usually leads to anomie and suicide. We must pose the question: how can the gospel of grace provide transformation for both fragile and broken souls? After an exposition of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, this book proposes the following answer: trusting in the God of grace relieves anxiety and provides a divine vocation that transcends our moral universe with the promise of forgiveness, renewal, and resurrection.

 

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781451496734
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Publication date: 06/01/2015
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 272
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Ted Peters is emeritus professor of systematic theology and ethics at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He is the author of The Stem Cell Debate (Fortress Press, 2007). He coedited The Gift of Grace: The Future of Lutheran Theology (Fortress Press, 2004).

Table of Contents

Foreword Martin E. Marty xv

Acknowledgments xix

Abbreviations xxi

Preface xxiii

1 The Fragile Soul and Spiritual Duct Tape 1

2 The Legalist within Us 41

3 Our Love of Justice 67

4 Justice and Our Moral Universe 89

5 From Justice to Love 109

6 Consciousness and Conscience 131

7 Self-Justification 165

8 Ethics for Bold Sinners 201

9 Scapegoats and Broken Souls 225

10 Faith as Belief 273

11 Faith as Trust 297

12 Faith as the Indwelling Presence of Christ 315

13 The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification 341

14 Gift 367

15 Sanctification by Grace 385

16 The Life of Beatitude 421

Conclusion: Sin Boldly! 457

For Further Reading 465

Index of Names 469

Index of Subjects 475

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