A popular belief in modern Christianity is that we get "Christ's righteousness credited to our account." This is known as the "imputation of Christ's righteousness". It's a popular idea, but is it biblical?
In this episode #33 of The Godwit Podcast with David Kowalick and Paul Smith we discuss what the Bible has to say about imputed righteousness. Then we take a look at some major historical factors that have contributed to what, we believe, is a distorted view of what righteousness is and how to get it.
Here's a helpful podcast with N.T. Wright on Platonism:
https://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Weekday/Ask-NT-Wright-Anything/Podcast/Ask-NT-Wright-Anything-91-Tom-s-problems-with-Platonism
A couple of blog posts Paul wrote a few years ago about metaphysics and the over -philosophication of Christianity:
https://thestoryandtheshape.com/index.php/2019/08/09/lets-get-metaphysical-metaphysical/
This episode is also available on YouTube here:
https://youtu.be/wIzgew4A2S8
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