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The Doctrine on Which the Church Stands or Falls: Justification in Biblical, Theological, Historical, and Pastoral Perspective is unavailable, but you can change that!

Many factors contributed to the Protestant Reformation, but one of the most significant was the debate over the doctrine of justification by faith alone. In fact, Martin Luther argued that justification is the doctrine on which the church stands or falls. This comprehensive volume of 26 essays from a host of scholars explores the doctrine of justification from the lenses of history, the Bible,...

law should be taken as boundary markers in Paul does not correspond to 4QMMT, which speaks of eschatological life in connection with one’s adherence to works of the law.41 Indeed, 4QMMT may be most valuable as a contrast to Paul’s doctrine of justification by faith as opposed to works of the law; Paul does not use “works of the law” positively in Galatians (or anywhere else).42 In distinction from 4QMMT, Paul writes with the conviction that the Messiah has already come, and this eschatology affects
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