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“I have argued that promises are apprehended by faith, not faithfulness or fidelity, but, of course, faith in the biblical sense is inseparable from faithfulness. Faith is invisible to the human eye, but faith’s constant companion—faithfulness—is not invisible. Nevertheless, it is faith that receives the promises, overthrows kingdoms, and stops the mouths of lions. If we adopt the shorthand of James, we could say that faithfulness (works) does these things also, but we would be using his shorthand.”¹ — Doug Wilson

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Here are some links to other blogs and podcasts dealing with this and other issues in more depth:

https://theocast.org/is-doug-wilson-a-false-teacher/

https://bredenhof.ca/2023/07/03/doug-wilson-the-bad/

https://bredenhof.ca/2023/07/10/doug-wilson-the-ugly/

https://heidelblog.net/2017/10/resources-on-the-controversy-over-final-salvation-through-works/

https://heidelblog.net/fv/

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/course/justification-faith-biblical-theological-perspective/#a-summary-of-justification-by-faith-from-a-biblical-theological-perspective

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/course/study-james-moo/

https://www.biblicaltraining.org/learn/institute/nt622-galatians

Footnotes

Footnotes

1. Douglas Wilson, “Reformed” is Not Enough, Canon Press, 2002, loc 2294, Kindle Edition.
   When Doug refers to the “shorthand of James”, I believe he is referring to using words in the same context and meaning that James uses them, and that he believes James would equate faith with works–that they both accomplish the same “things” (”receives the promises, overthrows kingdoms, and stops the mouths of lions”). ↩