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The Reformation I

Undeceptions with John Dickson

CHAPTER

The Importance of Faith in the Reformation

The key insight of the Reformers was right. God's mercy, favor, salvation come to us entirely by God's gift, not our merit. This isn't simply the theology of Augustine, though it certainly is that. It's found throughout the Gospels in the life of Jesus. His famous whining and dining with the so-called sinners makes plain that his mercy has nothing to do with merit.

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