What is gospel reductionism?

What is gospel reductionism?

Author: 1517 March 8, 2022 Duration: 12:02

Ted asks about what the term 'gospel reductionism' means. Rod talks about Dr. John Montgomery coining the term, the importance of a high view of Scripture, from the first century to the eighteenth, and about the tangles that were had in the LCMS relatively recently over the view of Scripture and inerrancy and its inspiration from God, and why a high view of Scripture is critical.


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