Who Said That?

"The righteousness of Jesus Christ ever remains the exclusive ground of the believer’s justification, but the personal godliness of the believer is also necessary for his justification in the judgment of the last day."

Leave your guess in the comments section below.  Please, no google searches or cheating.  Answer to follow in one week.

Update on Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 03:42PM by Kim Riddlebarger

This comes from "Thirty-four Theses on Justification in Relation to Faith, Repentance, and Good Works" presented by Norman Shepherd to the Presbytery of Philadelphia of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, November 18, 1978.

Comments

[JW]

N.T. Wright

[Stan McCullars]

Sounds like Wright.

[PB]

New Perspective territory, for sure...

["lee n. field"]

Matches what I've read about N. T. Wright.

[Jim Vellenga]

First thought is Wright.

[Adam Fites]

It's Norman Shepherd.

[Aaron]

Charles Finney

[Aaron]

Iffit'sNormon Shepard I know where hegoes to church so I could ask him.

[Howard]

It seems that I have heard some reformed pastors use the term vindication instead of justification...or something like that in order to distinguish the roles of our works from Christ's. Is that what this author trying to say?

[Coyle]

You know, it really sounds either Neoorthodox, New Perspective, or Catholic. Which doesn't narrow it down much. I'll guess Thomas Aquinas, though if it is Aquinas it must be a fairly modern translation.

[Cheryl]

Isn't this something to do with the heretical Vineyard Church???

[dsanger]

Let's see, the doctrine belongs to Regensburg or Trent, but the language is too contemporary. Too much certainty for an emergent, perhaps a FV'er, but they're not usually that clear. I have to fall back on others and guess Norman T. Wright.

["lee n. field"]

"On the basis of a whole life lived" -- isn't that the phrase? Good Noose!

[Tad]

I'd guess N.T. Wright...

[Keith]

John Wesley

[JN]

Sounds like NPP or Federal Vision. Could see Wright, Shepherd, Douglas Wilson, Rich Lusk, among others as having said this. If my memory serves me right, though... having done quite a bit of research last year prior to teaching an introductory class against the FV... I believe it's Norm Shepherd.

[mhr]

If you even thought for a minute that Doug Wilson could write this then you have no clue what he believes.

[David R.]

Norman Shepherd

[Joe]

Sounds too silly for Wright- Christ's righteousness is the exclusive ground for justification, but our personal godliness is also necessary? I don't think Wright would say Christ's righteousness is exclusive and not exclusive in the same sentence like that. This guy is lower down the intellectual ladder.

[Mike Ratliff]

I don't know who this is, but it does sound like this Catholic dude that is continually trying to get me to debate him about Penal Substitution. Look how silly the argument is that we are justified by faith, but our personal holiness determines our salvation. I believe the writer of this needs to take a course on the difference between justification and sanctification.