How I Became Affirming, Pt. 4: Final Thoughts

"It was credited to him as righteousness..."

As we button up this affirming series, I wanted to share something I have been wrestling with in scripture.

Come with me to Romans 4. In this chapter, Paul is walking the people through the idea of justification and his understanding of how Abraham (their forefather) received the gift of righteousness before Jesus. He quotes a verse from Genesis 15:6:

“A…