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Title: Theology of cross not theology of glory
Review: Forde explains clearly what Luther meant by "theology of cross" and "theology of glory." it is worth reading just for these explanations, but is also an amazing commentary on Luther's classic Heidelberg Disputation.Forde celebrates the cross as proof that God will have mercy on sinners and he warns us not to seek God apart from the cross because it is in the cross that God will be found. The only solution for humans bound by sin is the forgiveness that comes from Christ alone. This is what all people feeling the guilt and shame of their sins need to hear, not some horrible message of self-help and behavior modification. If you aren't preaching salvation by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone, you're probably preaching "moralistic therapeutic deism" as described in chapter 4 of Christian Smith'sSoul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers
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