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    Justified by Faith Alone
    Justified by Faith Alone
    Justified by Faith Alone
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    Justified by Faith Alone

    By R. C. Sproul

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    Luther said that the doctrine of justification by faith alone is "the article upon which the church stands or falls." R. C. Sproul follows Luther's lead in his concise and compelling work, now repackaged and republished. Justified by Faith Alone surveys the main tenets of the doctrine of justification in Roman Catholicism and evangelicalism. Sproul is careful to accurately represent Catholic beliefs and observes that while both traditions agree that faith is necessary for justification, the difference lies in whether faith alone is sufficient. He explores problems with the Catholic doctrine and champions the sole sufficiency of Christ for our salvation.
    Effective and engaging, Sproul does not shy away from difficult theological terms and ideas, but capably guides readers through this famous doctrinal dispute. To those who decry the doctrines of imputation and justification by faith alone as "legal fiction," Sproul warns that nothing less than the central message of the gospel is at stake.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCrossway Books
    Release dateApr 1, 2010
    ISBN9781433524837
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    R. C. Sproul

    R.C. Sproul (1939-2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries in Orlando, Fla. He was also first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine. His radio program, Renewing Your Mind, is still broadcast daily on hundreds of radio stations around the world and can also be heard online.

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      An excellent defense of the basis of the Protestant evangelical faith.
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      A brief summation of sola fide in comparison with the Roman Catholic doctrine of justification. Concise and well-written.
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    Justified by Faith Alone - R. C. Sproul

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    Justified by Faith Alone

    Copyright © 2010 by the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

    Published by Crossway

    1300 Crescent Street

    Wheaton, Illinois 60187

    All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher, except as provided by USA copyright law.

    The Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals exists to call the church, amidst our dying culture, to repent of its worldliness, to recover and confess the truth of God’s Word as did the Reformers, and to see that truth embodied in doctrine, worship, and life.

    Cover design: Dual Identity inc.

    Cover photo: iStock

    First printing, 2010

    Printed in the United States of America

    Scripture taken from The Holy Bible: New International Version®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 Biblica. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved. The NIV and New International Version trademarks are registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica. Use of either trademark requires the permission of Biblica.

    Trade paperback ISBN: 978-1-4335-1556-9

    PDF ISBN: 978-1-4335-1557-6

    Mobipocket ISBN: 978-1-4335-1558-3

    ePub ISBN: 978-1-4335-2483-7

    __________________________________________

    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

    Sproul, R. C. (Robert Charles), 1939-

       Justified by faith alone / R.C. Sproul.

       p.    cm. — (Today’s issues)

       Includes bibliographical references.

       ISBN 13: 978-1-58134-078-5

       ISBN 10: 1-58134-078-8 (booklet)

       1. Justification—History of doctrines. 2. Faith. I. Title.

    BT764.2.S673         1999

    234'.7—dc21                                                                          99-12506

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    Crossway is a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.

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    CONTENTS

    Preface

    1 What Was Wrong with Luther?

    2 The Roman Catholic Doctrine

    3 The Evangelical Doctrine

    4 The Nature and Role of Saving Faith

    5 Faith and Works

    For Further Reading

    PREFACE

    These are not good days for the evangelical church, and anyone who steps back from what is going on for a moment to try to evaluate our life and times will understand that.

    In the last few years a number of important books have been published all trying to understand what is happening, and they are saying much the same thing even though the authors come from fairly different backgrounds and are doing different work. One is by David F. Wells, a theology professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts. It is called No Place for Truth. A second is by Michael Scott Horton, vice president of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. His book is called Power Religion. The third is by the well-known pastor of Grace Community Church in California, John F. MacArthur. It is called Ashamed of the Gospel. Each of these authors is writing about the evangelical church, not the liberal church, and a person can get an idea of what each is saying from the titles alone.

    Yet the subtitles are even more revealing. The subtitle of Wells’s book reads Or Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology? The subtitle of Horton’s book

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