Matthew Barrett is research professor of theology at Trinity Anglican Seminary, as well as the founder of Credo and the host of the Credo Podcast. He is the director of the Center for Classical Theology and the author of several award-winning books, including Simply Trinity and The Reformation as Renewal.Matthew Barrett is research professor of theology at Trinity Anglican Seminary, as well as the founder of Credo and the host of the Credo Podcast. He is the director of the Center for Classical Theology and the author of several award-winning books, including Simply Trinity and The Reformation as Renewal.

• List of IllustrationsForeword (D. A. Carson)AbbreviationsIntroductionThe Foolishness of Justification(Matthew Barrett)Part OneJustification in Biblical Perspective“He Believed the Lord” The Pedigree of Justification in the Pentateuch (Stephen Dempster)Singing and Living Justification by Faith AloneThe Psalms and the Wisdom Literature (Allan Harman)Salvation Is the Lord’sProphetic Perspectives (Willem VanGemeren)Setting the Record StraightSecond 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 UnrighteousJustification according to Romans (Andrew David Naselli)By Grace You Have Been Saved through FaithJustification in the Pauline Epistles (Brandon Crowe)An Epistle of Straw? Reconciling James and Paul (Dan McCartney)The New Quest for PaulA Critique of the New Perspective on Paul (Timo Laato)What’s Next?Justification after the New Perspective (David A. Shaw)Part TwoJustification 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 JustificationThe Christological, Covenantal, Forensic, and Eschatological Contours of an Ambiguous Relationship(Matthew Barrett)The Theology of Justification by FaithThe 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 WorksProperly Understanding the Relationship between Justification and Sanctification (R. Lucas Stamps)Justification, the Law, and the New Covenant (Jason Meyer)Part ThreeJustification 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 ArticleLuther’s Discovery of Sola Fide and Its Controversial Reception in Lutheranism (Korey Maas)The Ground of ReligionJustification 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 FourJustification in Pastoral PracticeJustification and Conversion Attractions and Repulsions to Rome (Chris Castaldo)The Ground on Which We Stand The Necessity of Justification for Pastoral Ministry (Sam Storms)ContributorsGeneral IndexScripture Index

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