Mark Horne

I suggest that the content of Ps 98:1-3 was clearly in Paul’s mind when he dictated Rom 1:16-17 to Tertius. Paul mentions power in Rom 1:16 under the influence of the phrase his right hand in Ps 98:1b. God’s right hand is a classic Old Testament symbol of God's power (e.g., Exod 15:6; Ps 20:6; [...]

Paul begins his argument in Romans 1 with a quotation from Habakkuk  and climaxes his argument in Romans 11 with a praise from Job.
You know what this means.  Don’t feel ashamed.  Paul didn’t.

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Schreiner writes (p. 285) on Romans 5.16:
The power of God’s grace is again stressed. The grace given came “after many transgressions”…  The great number of transgressions seems to be a block to God’s grace, but the robustness of grace is such that it triumphs even over a flood of sin (c.f. v. 20).
But the point [...]

Wright is bogging down the discussion by continuing to take dikaiosunē theou as a technical term for God’s covenant faithfulness without providing a convincing rationale. His justification-revision project may be crumbling on simple linguistics. In taking dikaiosunē theou as a technical term, Wright seemingly grants himself the freedom to disregard context when it fits his [...]

Jeremiah 10.24-25:

Correct me, O Lord, but in justice;
not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.
Pour out your wrath on the nations that know you not,
and on the peoples that call not on your name,
for they have devoured Jacob;
they have devoured him and consumed him,
and have laid waste his habitation.
Jeremiah 30.11:
For I am with [...]

One of the ways in which Biblical literacy is discouraged for the sake of soteriological safety is in the way people are taught to think that Paul actually says in Romans 1.17: in the Gospel “the righteousness of God is revealed.”
Paul’s statement means that God’s righteousness is revealed in the Gospel. You would think [...]

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The Apostles knew of this use of the word “righteous” as one describing God’s character as faithful and thus dependable for salvation. We have already seen this in the case of John, but it might be helpful to line up John with Peter and Paul to have thee witnesses: First John [...]

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God is a righteous judge,
And a God who has indignation every day.
If a man does not repent, He will sharpen His sword;
He has bent His bow and made it ready (Psalm 7.11, 12).
David’s inspired lyrics do not sound very encouraging to modern ears–especially to modern Christian ears. The idea that God [...]

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We are being saved because of God’s righteousness, not despite God’s righteous.
And you all know this has to be true.
I know you do because we all know of John 1.9. Remember that verse? “If we confess our sins, even though God is faithful and righteous, He will forgive us our [...]

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Why should we dare ask God to judge us in righteousness? Because, as Isaiah 45.21-25 states rather starkly, God’s righteousness is not something which prevents us from being saved, but something that gives us our only hope of salvation.
There is no other God besides Me,
A righteous God and a savior;
There is none except [...]

I’ll start with an extract I have already quoted from (originally pointed out by Jeff Meyers):
Elijah had come to God and said, “Lord, You promised. I believe this is Your word. It must be so. Let it be so in answer to my prayers.” Daniel’s praying was of the same order as his appeal to [...]