Doctrine of justification still matters, prof. says
It's been nearly 500 years since the start of the Protestant Reformation and the doctrine of justification is just as important as ever, writes Thomas R. Schreiner in "Faith Alone.” Treasured doctrines of the Reformers like justification and imputation are still worth defending, despite criticism from Catholics and evangelicals alike.
Schreiner, James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and associate dean of the School of Theology, contributed Faith Alone as the first in Zondervan's "Five Solas" series to coincide with the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Reformation in 2017.
In recent years, scholars have raised numerous arguments against key Protestant theologies: Douglas Campbell's critique of "justification theory," Roman Catholic Frank Beckwith's synergistic understanding of salvation, and the New Perspective's...