"God’s great end, in all
his works, is the glory of his own name; and especially his work of saving
sinners through Christ; and that which makes it a great work, is, because his
great name is so much concerned therein, and magnified thereby, that it is not
so greatly glorified any other way, as it is here." - Ralph Erskine
Ralph Erskine was one of the
“Marrow Men” of the Church of Scotland. The “Marrow Controversy” (1717-1722)
dealt with the heart of evangelical Reformed theology – God’s free, sovereign
grace. Erskine believed that legalism
– Christianity reduced to a set of rules, as well as antinomianism – we have liberty in Christ, are free from the law
and can live as we like; both are
errors that pull us away from a biblical understanding of the doctrines of
grace. I stand with the “Marrow Men.”
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