Richard Baxter & Justification | Tom Hicks | The Weekly Discourse

The Weekly Discourse | You have likely heard the name Richard Baxter. His works, The Christian Directory and the Reformed Pastor are very popular. But did you know that Richard Baxter rejected the Reformed doctrine of Justification by faith alone? Did you know that he rejected the imputation of Christ’s righteousness to the believer for salvation? Did you know that he taught that your final justification was based upon your works.

According to JI packer, “Baxter actually sowed the seeds of moralism with regard to sin, Arianism with regard to Christ, legalism with regard to faith and salvation, and liberalism with regards to God.”

Benjamin Keach joined other notable theologians such as John Owen in writing against Baxter’s views of Justification in his work The Marrow of True Justification: Justification without works.

We were recently joined by Dr. Tom Hicks for our 2020 fall modular course on the Life and Theology of Benjamin Keach. In the midst of this course, Dr. Hicks lectured on the theology of Richard Baxter and the response of Benjamin Keach. In the following lecture he outlines the doctrine of Richard Baxter and answers questions such as, “should we read Richard Baxter?” And “How can we recognize versions of Baxters views today?”

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Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary is a Confessional Reformed Baptist Seminary Providing affordable online theological education to help the Church in its calling to train faithful men. To learn more about CBTS, visit https://CBTSeminary.org.