Justification: Volume 2
Justification: Volume 2

Justification: Volume 2

in New Studies in Dogmatics

by Michael S. Horton

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Pages 320
Publisher Zondervan
Published 11/27/2018
ISBN-13 9780310578383
The doctrine of justification stands at the center of our systematic reflection on the meaning of salvation as well as our piety, mission, and life together. In his two-volume work on the doctrine of justification, Michael Horton seeks not simply to repeat noble doctrinal formulas and traditional proof texts, but to encounter the remarkable biblical justification texts in conversation with the provocative proposals that, despite a wide range of differences, have reignited the contemporary debates around justification.

Building on his historical-theological exploration of justification in volume 1, in this second volume Horton embarks upon a constructive task of investigating the biblical doctrine of justification in light of contemporary exegesis. Here he takes up the topic of justification from biblical-theological, exegetical, and systematic-theological vantage points, engaging significantly with contemporary debates in biblical, especially Pauline, scholarship. Horton shows that the doctrine of justification finds its most ecumenically-significant starting point and proper habitat in union with Christ, where the greatest consensus, past and present, is to be found among Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Protestant theologies. At the same time, he proposes that the union with Christ motif achieves its clearest and most consistent articulation in forensic justification. The final chapter locates justification within the broader framework of union with Christ.

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BRathbun BRathbun January 18, 2024
What an delightful read. Horton's many years of defending the evangelical and reformation (and what Horton would consider the biblical) understanding of Justification shines through in this volume. Some of Tom Schreiner's recent and popular level books on Justification are great. But for anyone who has the appetite, I would certainly put this two volume work in their hands and tell them to enjoy the feast. Here they will have an elaborate and biblical case made, as well as sustained discussion of the many contemporary departures from the collective testimony of Scripture.