Salvation and good works: All of grace
Herman Hanko defends the Reformed doctrine that salvation is entirely by God's grace alone, not by human works, using Ephesians 2:8-10 as the foundational text. The article addresses a controversy within the Protestant Reformed Churches regarding the proper relationship between grace and good works in salvation, affirming the heritage of sovereign grace while anticipating objections about the role of works in the Christian life.
It has come as a surprise to me that the current controversy in our churches has been over the question of the place of good works in God's work of salvation. Most of us were taught the truth of this question in our covenant homes, our catechism classes, the preaching we heard every Lord's Day and it is, as far as I am concerned, what I was taught in the Seminary. It was part of our heritage with its glorious emphasis on sovereign grace. That we face controversy over the question is puzzling to...
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