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Title: Faith Alone

Subtitle: The Evangelical Doctrine of Justification

Author: R.C. Sproul

Narrator: Bob Souer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-06-17

Publisher: christianaudio.com

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

What must you do to be right with God? The Reformers broke with the Roman Catholic Church when they insisted people are justified by faith alone. But today many Protestants fail to grasp that keystone of faith. In Faith Alone, a Gold Medallion finalist, R. C. Sproul explains why Protestantism and Roman Catholicism split over justification in the first place and why that division remains an uncrossed chasm. Protestants must understand the biblical, Reformation view of the doctrine of justification to grasp the power of the gospel and proclaim it far and wide today. This repacked edition of a classic offers a new generation of Christians a clear explanation of the vital doctrine of salvation.

Members Reviews:

A Must Have/Read Book When Studying the Doctrine of Justification

Very good read and summation of the Protestant Reformation of Faith Alone. Justification by Faith Alone (Sola Fide), the material cause of Reformation versus Scripture Alone (Sola Scriptura) was the formal cause of the Reformation. As always, well written and simple to understand Biblical concepts and meanings by Dr. R.C. Sproul. A gifted man and a very sound doctrinal teacher. Have always been a fan!

Justification by the Imputation of Christ's Righteousness Alone

There has always been diversity within Evangelicalism, but also a bedrock of core beliefs, namely sola scriptura (scripture alone) and sola fide (justification by faith alone), that have united us. In recent decades, however, there has been a seismic shift. A recent article in my Reformed denomination's magazine discussed whether the Reformation was even necessary. Nowhere in the lengthy article was sola fide (faith alone) even mentioned, much less discussed. The impression clearly given by this and by other recent publications such as the 1994 Evangelicals and Catholics Together document is that Evangelicals and Catholics do in fact believe the same gospel. The implication is that the split in Christendom caused by the Reformation should never have happened.

R.C. Sproul wrote this book in response to the new ecumenical mood. He explains why the precise language used by the Reformers was not theological hair-splitting, that the stand they took against Rome was not a tragic, unnecessary tempest in a teapot. He shows that current attempts at finding a unity of faith are essentially meaningless because both sides can read diametrically different theologies into the same words.

We learn that the ultimate issue of the Reformation had to do with the grounds of our justification: on what basis will God ever declare a person to be just? The Roman Catholic Church says the only way God will ever declare a person just is on the basis of inherent righteousness. Of course you can't be righteous without the help of Christ and grace, but though these are necessary for justication, they are not sufficient. You must cooperate with infused grace such that righteousness inheres within you; it becomes your own.

The problem, says Sproul, is that "all the benefits of sacramental grace, as powerful and effective as they are claimed to be, do not gain us the holiness required by absolute justice.