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2026-05-04T20:27:56-04:00

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Salvation as a Process in the NT: 35 passages

Last updated on: May 4, 2026 at 8:27 pm By Dave Armstrong

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Matthew 24:13 (RSV) But he who endures to the end will be saved. Luke 21:19 By your endurance you will gain your lives. John 8:51 Truly, truly, I say to you, if any one keeps my word, he will never see death. Acts 6:7 . . . obedient to the faith. Acts 11:23 . . . he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose; Acts 15:11 But we believe that we shall be saved through the grace of the Lord... Read more

Salvation & Justification

Catholic soteriology

imputed justification

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2026-05-05T13:10:45-04:00

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Workers with God to Save Ourselves & Others: 21 Passages

Last updated on: May 5, 2026 at 1:10 pm By Dave Armstrong

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Psalm 51:13 (RSV) Then I will teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners will return to thee. Matthew 12:41 The men of Nin’eveh will arise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here. (cf. Lk 11:32) Romans 11:13-14 Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry [14] in order to make my... Read more

Salvation & Justification

2026-05-02T14:16:48-04:00

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Final Judgment: Works vs. Faith Alone: 12 Passages

Last updated on: May 2, 2026 at 2:16 pm By Dave Armstrong

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1 Samuel 28:18-19 (RSV) Because you did not obey the voice of the LORD, and did not carry out his fierce wrath against Am’alek, therefore the LORD has done this thing to you this day. [19] Moreover the LORD will give Israel also with you into the hand of the Philistines; and tomorrow you and your sons shall be with me; the LORD will give the army of Israel also into the hand of the Philistines.” 2 Kings 22:13 “Go,... Read more

Salvation & Justification

works and the final judgment

2026-05-02T13:37:52-04:00

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Meritorious Works: 36 Biblical Proofs

Last updated on: May 2, 2026 at 1:37 pm By Dave Armstrong

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Genesis 18:19 (RSV) I have chosen him, that he may charge his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice; so that the LORD may bring to Abraham what he has promised him. Genesis 22:16-18 “By myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this, and have not withheld your son, your only son, [17] I will indeed bless you, and I will multiply your descendants as the stars... Read more

Salvation & Justification

God crowning his gifts

God rewards our effort

2026-05-01T22:42:23-04:00

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Jesus & the “Sheep” & “Goats” vs. “Faith Alone”

Last updated on: May 1, 2026 at 10:42 pm By Dave Armstrong

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Matthew 25:32-36, 40, 46 (RSV) Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, [33] and he will place the sheep at his right hand, but the goats at the left. [34] Then the King will say to those at his right hand, `Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; [35] for I was hungry and you... Read more

Salvation & Justification

the sheep and the goats

works and the final judgment

2026-05-01T22:38:40-04:00

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63 Old Testament Passages Contrary to “Faith Alone”

Last updated on: May 1, 2026 at 10:38 pm By Dave Armstrong

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1 Samuel 26:23 The LORD rewards every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness; . . . 2 Samuel 22:21-25 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me. [22] For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. [23] For all his ordinances were before me, and from his statutes I did not turn aside. [24] I was blameless before him, and I kept... Read more

Salvation & Justification

Faith Alone

Faith and Works

infused justification

Protestant soteriology

salvation caused by actions

Sola Fide

2026-05-01T18:22:06-04:00

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63 More NT Passages Inconsistent with “Faith Alone”

Last updated on: May 1, 2026 at 6:22 pm By Dave Armstrong

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[see the ten best ones, and forty more “unanswerable” ones] Matthew 5:19-20 (RSV) Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. [20] For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 10:22 (cf. Mt... Read more

Salvation & Justification

Faith Alone

Faith and Works

infused justification

Protestant soteriology

salvation caused by actions

Sola Fide

2026-05-01T15:55:45-04:00

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“Faith Alone”: 40 Additional Unanswerable NT Passages

Last updated on: May 1, 2026 at 3:55 pm By Dave Armstrong

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These are forty more in addition to the ten “best ones” in my article, “Ten Terrifying, Shocking, ‘Un-Protestant’ Bible Passages”. ***** St. John Henry Cardinal Newman, Doctor of the Church, writing when he was still an Anglican in 1838 (Lectures on the Doctrine of Justification: rev. 1874; London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 3rd edition, 1908) — he was received into the Catholic Church in October 1845 — , has several insightful things (as always) to say about this general... Read more

Salvation & Justification

Faith Alone

Faith and Works

infused justification

Protestant soteriology

salvation caused by actions

Sola Fide

2026-05-01T10:46:11-04:00

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Jesus’ Words to the Rich Young Ruler vs. “Faith Alone”

Last updated on: May 1, 2026 at 10:46 am By Dave Armstrong

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Matthew 19:16-17, 20-21 (RSV) And behold, one came up to him, saying, “Teacher, what good deed must I do, to have eternal life?” [17] And he said to him, “. . . If you would enter life, keep the commandments.” . . . [20] The young man said to him, “All these I have observed; what do I still lack?” [21] Jesus said to him, “If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the... Read more

Salvation & Justification

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Meritorious Works & the Gospel

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Salvation

2026-04-30T12:25:11-04:00

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Salvation by Grace Alone: 25 Passages

Last updated on: April 30, 2026 at 12:25 pm By Dave Armstrong

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Contra Works-Salvation, or Pelagianism, or Semi-Pelagianism Catholics do not believe that they are saved by works. We believe salvation is brought about by God’s grace, that we cooperate with, after regeneration and initial justification, leading to an authentic faith – not faith alone — that organically includes good works within itself (“faith was completed by works”; “faith apart from works is dead”: James 2:22, 26). That said, we completely agree with Protestants with regard to the biblical data on grace alone: by which... Read more

Salvation & Justification

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