Therefore…

Any Pauline soteriology that separates “justification” from “justice…” ought to be immediately suspect as an adequate reading of Paul.

— Michael J. Gorman, “Inhabiting the Cruciform God”

To paraphrase Diettrich Bonhoeffer, parts of the Christian church have become enamored with cheap justification. Cheap justification is justification without justice, faith without love, declaration without transformation.

— Michael J. Gorman, “Inhabiting the Crucifirm God”

Michael Rinehart, bishop
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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
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