Alister McGrath Quote

The state is concerned with the promotion of outward righteousness arising from the individual being constrained to keep the law. The Gospel alters human nature, whereas the state merely restrains human greed and evil, having no positive power to alter human motivation.


Reformation Thought: An Introduction (ed. 2012)


The state is concerned with the promotion of outward righteousness arising from the individual being constrained to keep the law. The Gospel alters...

The state is concerned with the promotion of outward righteousness arising from the individual being constrained to keep the law. The Gospel alters...

The state is concerned with the promotion of outward righteousness arising from the individual being constrained to keep the law. The Gospel alters...

The state is concerned with the promotion of outward righteousness arising from the individual being constrained to keep the law. The Gospel alters...