By Faith Alone: Answering the Challenges to the Doctrine of Justification, ed. Gary L. W. Johnson and Guy P. Waters. Reviewed by David J. Engelsma
This review examines a multi-author defense of justification by faith alone against challenges from the New Perspective on Paul and Federal Vision theology. The book emphasizes justification as forensic declaration and the imputation of Christ's active obedience, directly countering N.T. Wright and other contemporary theological revisions of this cardinal Reformed doctrine.
By Faith Alone: Answering the Challenges to the Doctrine of Justification, ed. Gary L. W. Johnson and Guy P. Waters. Foreword by David F. Wells. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2006. Pp. 213. $17.99 (paper). [Reviewed by David J. Engelsma.] For the Book: Defense of Justification There is something to be said for this book: it is a defense of justification by faith alone against the denial of this cardinal truth by the New Perspective on Paul (NPP) and by the Federal Vision (FV). The book contends...
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