Justification and the Gospel: Understanding the Contexts and Controversies

I realize that this is an on-going debate with wider Reformed theology and there are many respectable scholars and pastors who would be inclined to agree with Allen about the ground of our fellowship with God being justification.

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So, while I think this is wrong, it is surely not a heretical view. I just think it makes more theological sense to see union with Christ as the ground of everything, including justification.

Another minor quibble I have, and this may relate to the previous one, is the dated interaction with N. I did however read his entire Paul and The Faithfulness of God over the summer to actually wrestle with what his views are. This is also the only interaction with Wright in the book.

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I would have liked to see him interact more with Wright and with more recent works of his, even if he were brief and critical in doing so. At the very least, Allen could have directed readers to someone with a similar perspective who had done so. In any event, neither of the two issues should be considered major. If you are looking for a book that is going deeper into the doctrine of justification using the resources of Christian dogmatics past and present, this book is certainly one that should be on your radar. Instead, Allen is offering readers what he thinks is a constructive way forward for Christian theology to affirm the doctrine of justification in all its fullness and connect it tightly with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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Justification and the Gospel: Understanding the Contexts and Controversies

Todd Billings , Gordon H. First, by applying the lens of dogmatic analysis to a topic largely dominated by exegetical and ecumenical concern in recent decades, he exposes the shortsightedness of many contemporary approaches and debates and enables us to perceive a more capacious domain of possibilities.

Second, by means of compelling argument and well-chosen examples, he demonstrates that historic Protestant teaching regarding God's gracious justification of the ungodly retains its status as a hinge upon which many doctrines turn and a wellspring of theological and spiritual vitality. Agree or disagree, readers will be challenged to address 'forensic' and 'participatory' views of justification from perspectives gathered from Allen's own Reformed tradition as well as from Luther and a variety of historic and contemporary Lutheran and Roman Catholic theologians.

This volume will fire fresh exchanges regarding the nature of the gospel and the definition and application of God's justifying action in Christ Jesus.

How rare it can be to find a theologian who not only appreciates the vital significance of justification but also carefully avoids falling into the trap of reducing everything to justification. Allen's study is logically sound, biblically informed, theologically nuanced, and relevant for the life of the church. Amid ongoing debates, we need this book.

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Allen provides a lucid scholarly guide to the controversies. He intervenes in the debate on behalf of divine immutability and forensic imputation. He sides with the rendering of the genitive of Galatians 2: How little the classic fault lines still apply! How much less can the matter of justification be regarded as passe. He is the author of several books, including Reformed Catholicity coauthored with Scott Continue reading about R.

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Continue reading about Michael Allen. A very competent and noteworthy contribution to the discussion on the theological meaning of justification. I had been convinced that the Protestant doctrine of justification fared very poorly under the bar of exegetical and historical reason, and I was equally convinced that a dogmatic approach to anything was, well, going nowhere fast. I remember debating with parents, professors, pastors, and friends about these matters.

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I can completely identify now with the many critics of systematic theology and of the Protestant doctrine of justification; I was among them and zealous about it, spending more than my share of late nights as a student discussing these matters to the wee morning hours. But now I have written Justification and the Gospel: I found that rising familiarity with the exegetical riches of the great teachers of the church from Irenaeus and Gregory to Thomas and Bonaventure to Luther and Calvin shows their brilliance as aids and our own limits as modern researchers.

I hope this book serves as a useful prompt to further reflection in these two conversations: And how do we go about the task of Christian theology and of a faithful Christian reading of the Holy Scriptures today? He also serves as book review editor for the International Journal of Systematic Theology and is ordained in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. For more information on Justification and the Gospel, click here.

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