Senkbeil, Harold L. Holiness and the Cure of Souls. LOGIA Eastertide, 2018. Adiaphora, Antinomianism, & Legalism. Volume XVII #2
While justification always remains the central article of the Christian faith, pastoral work is carried out routinely in the realm of sanctification. That is, the preaching of the cross always remains at the center. This—and this alone—constitutes the gospel: the gracious pronouncement that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not counting their sins against them. Indeed, Christ Jesus is the redeeming sacrifice for us all. By his death on the cross he accomplishes a “glad exchange.” Absorbing into himself all our iniquity, he bestows his own perfect righteousness to all who trust in him…