From the Bible, in the Letter to the Hebrews “Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds.” Provoke and love were a startling pairing of words. Provoke to love.

Why does 'judgment according to deeds' produce no discernible theological tension for Paul, the apostle of justification by faith? For students of his writings, paradox, incoherence, or eschatological ...