A few other major tenets of NPP, FV, Shepherdism and the other morphs, which Robin correctly mentioned as constantly changing; the old chameleon trick.

  1. Justification is not a ONE-TIME declaration of God that the believing sinner is not guilty of sin, but rather an ongoing process which will be finalized at the judgment, i.e., a final justification of faithful believers.
  2. Imputation of Christ's perfect righteousness to the believing sinner is rejected.
  3. Faith is redefined to mean a 'badge of identity' of being a member of the covenant community rather than a personal embracing and trusting in the person of the Lord Christ for salvation.
  4. Election is not an eternal and irrevocable decree of God but rather an ongoing status of an individual which can be lost through neglect of being obedient to demands of the covenant, aka: law.

Cornelius Venema's paperback book, Getting the Gospel Right: Assessing the Reformation and New Perspectives on Paul should be required reading for every professing Christian, IMHO. His larger hardback work, The Gospel of Free Acceptance in Christ goes into much more detail and is definitely worth delving into if someone is really interested in learning more of what is behind this movement that rejects the historic and biblical doctrine of forensic justification. Both are published by The Banner of Truth.

And, The Highway has online, Philip Eveson's very informative book, The Great Exchange which critiques N.T. Wright and his view of justification. I think this should also be read by all. wink

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