We are justified by faith - or so the story goes
by Andrew Perriman | Sep 19, 2015 | Hermeneutics , Theology | 0 Comments People who take the trouble to think of themselves as “Protestant”—as heirs of the Reformation—are likely to be of the view that the doctrine of justification by faith sits right at the heart of their religious identity. But what sort of thing is “justification by faith”? What does it look like? What does it do? In an interview on the Gospel Coalition website Tom Schreiner provides a standard definition: Justification by faith alone means that we stand in the right before God by faith instead of on the basis of our works. In the classical Protestant formulation of the doctrine, justification doesn’t mean make righteous , but rather declare righteous …. The righteousness of Christ is imputed to us by faith so that our forgiveness of sins and righteousness are gifts of God. The doctrine explains how a person is saved. It has no real application outside of this basic existenti...