Paul, the Law, Grace and … “Cheap Grace”?

Authors

  • Vladimir LEBEDEV He is also an ordained deacon at the Transfiguration Baptist Church, Khabarovsk, Russian Federation

Keywords:

Paul, Law, Grace, Paul’s teaching concerning the presumed charges, cheap grace, concepts are law, grace

Abstract

In his ministry Paul had to deal with the critique of authoritative religious figures of that time who sought to accuse the apostle of abusing God’s grace. This paper reviews the historical approaches to Paul and his convictions about the law, grace, and the state of Gentiles and Jews before God, and then examines Paul’s teaching concerning the presumed charges. Texts from Romans are studied that reflect the character of the charges, and then those containing expositions of the concepts that clarify the situation and overturn the accusations. These concepts are law, grace, and righteousness and newness of life.

Author Biography

Vladimir LEBEDEV, He is also an ordained deacon at the Transfiguration Baptist Church, Khabarovsk

Vladimir Lebedev is instructor in New Testament Studies and Theology at Far East Russia Bible College, Khabarovsk,  Russia. He is a graduate of Kiev Theological Seminary (2000) with a Th.M. in Biblical Theology.  Presently he is pursuing a Th.M. in Biblical Studies at International Baptist Theological  Seminary, Prague, Czech Republic. He is also an ordained deacon at the Transfiguration Baptist Church, Khabarovsk. He is married and has two children.

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LEBEDEV, Vladimir. 2006. “Paul, the Law, Grace and … ‘Cheap Grace’?”. Theological Reflections: Eastern European Journal of Theology, no. 6 (May):28-45. http://reflections.eeit-edu.info/article/view/89638.

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