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Faith Alone—The Doctrine of Justification: What the Reformers Taught … and Why It Still Matters is unavailable, but you can change that!

In Faith Alone: The Doctrine of Justification renowned biblical scholar Thomas Schreiner looks at the historical and biblical roots of the doctrine of justification. He summarizes the history of the doctrine, looking at the early church and the writings of several of the Reformers. Then, he turns his attention to the Scriptures and walks readers through an examination of the key texts in the Old...

Timothy George has identified three elements in Luther’s theology, all closely connected:38 (1) imputation; (2) faith-alone justifies; and (3) believers are justified and at the same time sinners.39 We begin with imputation. George says that Luther emphasized that righteousness is imputed to us instead of imparted.40 In other words, the righteousness of a believer is extrinsic rather than intrinsic; it is declared instead of being inherent. Luther’s understanding of righteousness is disputed.
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