The Doctrine on Which the Church Stands or Falls: Justification in Biblical, Theological, Historical, and Pastoral Perspective
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Table of contents :
List of Illustrations
Foreword (D. A. Carson)
Abbreviations
Introduction
The Foolishness of Justification
(Matthew Barrett)
Part One
Justification in Biblical Perspective
“He Believed the Lord”
The Pedigree of Justification in the Pentateuch
(Stephen Dempster)
Singing and Living Justification by Faith Alone
The Psalms and the Wisdom Literature
(Allan Harman)
Salvation Is the Lord’s
Prophetic Perspectives
(Willem VanGemeren)
Setting the Record Straight
Second Temple Judaism and Works Righteousness
(Robert J. Cara)
What Does Justification Have to Do with the Gospels?
(Brian Vickers)
The Righteous God Righteously Righteouses the Unrighteous
Justification according to Romans
(Andrew David Naselli)
By Grace You Have Been Saved through Faith
Justification in the Pauline Epistles
(Brandon Crowe)
An Epistle of Straw?
Reconciling James and Paul
(Dan McCartney)
The New Quest for Paul
A Critique of the New Perspective on Paul
(Timo Laato)
What’s Next?
Justification after the New Perspective
(David A. Shaw)
Part Two
Justification in Theological Perspective
“Behold, the Lamb of God”
Theology Proper and the Inseparability of Penal-Substitutionary Atonement from Forensic Justification and Imputation
(Stephen J. Wellum)
Raised for Our Justification
The Christological, Covenantal, Forensic, and Eschatological Contours of an Ambiguous Relationship
(Matthew Barrett)
The Theology of Justification by Faith
The Theological Case for Sola Fide
(Mark Thompson)
The Passive and Active Obedience of Christ
Retrieving a Biblical Distinction
(Brandon Crowe)
A Contested Union
Union with Christ and the Justification Debate
(David VanDrunen)
Faith Works
Properly Understanding the Relationship between Justification and Sanctification
(R. Lucas Stamps)
Justification, the Law, and the New Covenant
(Jason Meyer)
Part Three
Justification in Church History
Reformation Invention or Historic Orthodoxy?
Justification in the Fathers
(Gerald Bray)
The Evolution of Justification
Justification in the Medieval Traditions
(Nick Needham)
Can This Bird Fly?
The Reformation as Reaction to the Via Moderna’s Covenantal, Voluntarist Justification Theology
(Matthew Barrett)
The First and Chief Article
Luther’s Discovery of Sola Fide and Its Controversial Reception in Lutheranism
(Korey Maas)
The Ground of Religion
Justification according to the Reformed Tradition
(J. V. Fesko)
Not by Faith Alone?
An Analysis of the Roman Catholic Doctrine of Justification from Trent to the Joint Declaration
(Leonardo De Chirico)
The Eclipse of Justification
Justification during the Enlightenment and Post-Enlightenment Eras
(Bruce P. Baugus)
Part Four
Justification in Pastoral Practice
Justification and Conversion
Attractions and Repulsions to Rome
(Chris Castaldo)
The Ground on Which We Stand
The Necessity of Justification for Pastoral Ministry
(Sam Storms)
Contributors
General Index
Scripture Index
List of Illustrations
Foreword (D. A. Carson)
Abbreviations
Introduction
The Foolishness of Justification
(Matthew Barrett)
Part One
Justification in Biblical Perspective
“He Believed the Lord”
The Pedigree of Justification in the Pentateuch
(Stephen Dempster)
Singing and Living Justification by Faith Alone
The Psalms and the Wisdom Literature
(Allan Harman)
Salvation Is the Lord’s
Prophetic Perspectives
(Willem VanGemeren)
Setting the Record Straight
Second Temple Judaism and Works Righteousness
(Robert J. Cara)
What Does Justification Have to Do with the Gospels?
(Brian Vickers)
The Righteous God Righteously Righteouses the Unrighteous
Justification according to Romans
(Andrew David Naselli)
By Grace You Have Been Saved through Faith
Justification in the Pauline Epistles
(Brandon Crowe)
An Epistle of Straw?
Reconciling James and Paul
(Dan McCartney)
The New Quest for Paul
A Critique of the New Perspective on Paul
(Timo Laato)
What’s Next?
Justification after the New Perspective
(David A. Shaw)
Part Two
Justification in Theological Perspective
“Behold, the Lamb of God”
Theology Proper and the Inseparability of Penal-Substitutionary Atonement from Forensic Justification and Imputation
(Stephen J. Wellum)
Raised for Our Justification
The Christological, Covenantal, Forensic, and Eschatological Contours of an Ambiguous Relationship
(Matthew Barrett)
The Theology of Justification by Faith
The Theological Case for Sola Fide
(Mark Thompson)
The Passive and Active Obedience of Christ
Retrieving a Biblical Distinction
(Brandon Crowe)
A Contested Union
Union with Christ and the Justification Debate
(David VanDrunen)
Faith Works
Properly Understanding the Relationship between Justification and Sanctification
(R. Lucas Stamps)
Justification, the Law, and the New Covenant
(Jason Meyer)
Part Three
Justification in Church History
Reformation Invention or Historic Orthodoxy?
Justification in the Fathers
(Gerald Bray)
The Evolution of Justification
Justification in the Medieval Traditions
(Nick Needham)
Can This Bird Fly?
The Reformation as Reaction to the Via Moderna’s Covenantal, Voluntarist Justification Theology
(Matthew Barrett)
The First and Chief Article
Luther’s Discovery of Sola Fide and Its Controversial Reception in Lutheranism
(Korey Maas)
The Ground of Religion
Justification according to the Reformed Tradition
(J. V. Fesko)
Not by Faith Alone?
An Analysis of the Roman Catholic Doctrine of Justification from Trent to the Joint Declaration
(Leonardo De Chirico)
The Eclipse of Justification
Justification during the Enlightenment and Post-Enlightenment Eras
(Bruce P. Baugus)
Part Four
Justification in Pastoral Practice
Justification and Conversion
Attractions and Repulsions to Rome
(Chris Castaldo)
The Ground on Which We Stand
The Necessity of Justification for Pastoral Ministry
(Sam Storms)
Contributors
General Index
Scripture Index
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