For many Christians, conditioned to emphasize our freedom from the law. Jesus' words seem strange, even incompatible with the gospel.of grace. If Jesus did not abolish the law, then how should we look at the Ten Commandments today? Clowney explains how Jesus intensifies the law and expands its scope to every situation in life. But as the author did so often during his ministry, he goes further,…
Perhaps no other doctrine has more tangible impact on Christians than their doctrine of the church. In a cultural climate where the very word church sounds a tone of dull irrelevance, the "Doctrine of the Church" has suffered studied neglect. The persistent demands to market and grow the church threaten to quench serious theological reflection on its abiding nature and mission. But few activiti…