This truth that God justifies need to be underlined. We do not justify ourselves. Justification is not our apology nor is it the effect in us of a process of self-excusation. It is not even our confession nor the good feeling that may be induced in us by confession. Justification is not any religious exercise in which we engage however noble and good that religious exercise may be. If we are to understand and appropriate its grace we must turn our thoughts to the action of God in justifying the ungodly. At no point is the free grace of God more manifest than in his justifying act – “being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” (Rom. 3:24).
John Murray Redemption Accomplished and Applied (pg. 118)
Justification is God's act of remitting the sins of guilty men, and accounting them righteous, freely, by his grace, through faith in Christ, on the grounds, not of their own works, but of the representative lawkeeping and redemptive blood-shedding of the Lord Jesus Christ on their behalf.
J.I. Packer
The real reason why the doctrine of justification by grace alone through faith alone is unpopular is that it is grievously wounding to our pride.
John R.W. Stott
| Title |
Notes |
A More Perfect Union? Justification and Union with Christ  |
J.V. Fesko - Historically, Reformed theologians have recognized that union with Christ is not merely one aspect of the order of salvation but is the hub from which the spokes are drawn. |
| Reflections on Salvation and Justification in the New Testament |
D.A. Carson |
| Justification & Union With Christ |
Ro Mody - Highly Recommended |
| Justification by Faith |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
| Justification: from Jonathan Edwards: A Mini-Theology |
John Gerstner |
| Justification: The Reformers and Recent New Testament Scholarship |
Gerald Bray (pdf) |
| Justification by Faith - An Examination of the Biblical Doctrine of Salvation |
Brian Schwertley |
| The Nature of Justifying Faith |
David VanDrunen |
| Justification - Romans 8:28-30 |
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones |
| Justification by Faith is the Answer: What is the Question? |
Stephen Westerholm |
| History of the Doctrine of Justification |
John Gerstner |
| Justification: Redemption Applied |
Matt Perman - 13 Studies on the Doctrine of Justification |
| “Grace Abounding” – Imputed Righteousness in the Life and Work of John Bunyan |
Robert Oliver (pdf) |
| What Does it Mean to be Justified? - Part 2 |
Daniel B. Wallace - A Brief Exposition of Romans 3.21-26 |
| What Does it Mean to be Justified? - Part 1 |
Daniel B. Wallace - A Brief Exposition of Romans 3.21-26 |
| What's Really at Stake |
Michael Horton - Law, Gospel and Covenants |
| Reformed Quotes on Justification |
Lee Irons |
| The Reformed Consensuson Justification |
Lee Gatiss |
| Aspects of the Doctrine of Justification According to Reformed Theology |
Lee Irons |
| Why Does It Matter Which Came First: Circumcision or Justification? |
John Piper - Romans 4:9-12 |
| A Defense of the “Active Obedience” of Jesus Christ in the Justification of Sinners |
Brian Schwertley |
| The Great Exchange - Part 1 |
Phil Johnson - 2 Corinthians 5:21 |
| The Great Exchange - Part 2 |
Phil Johnson - 2 Corinthians 5:21 |
| Is R. C. Sproul Wrong About Martin Luther? An Analysis of R.C. Sproul's Faith Alone |
Matthew C. Heckel - Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (Mar 2004) |
| Just Words: Understanding the Fullness of the Gospel |
Jacob A. O. Preus - Chapter 2 - The Gospel as Words |
| Just Words: Understanding the Fullness of the Gospel |
Jacob A. O. Preus - Chapter 1 - The Gospel and Justification |
| The Doctrine of Justification and Contemporary "Born Again" Theology |
John Johnson |
| The Conversion of Paul and Its Influence on His Understanding of Salvation by Faith |
Jacques Dupont (pdf) |
| When Good News Becomes Bad - The Meaning of the Gospel |
R. Scott Clark |
| The History of Justification by Faith Alone up to the Reformation |
Thomas R. Thompson |
| Justification: A Pastoral Perspective (.pdf) |
Douglas R. Shivers, Reformation & Revival 6.4 (Fall 1997): 149-155. |
| Justification: The Status of the Christian (.pdf) |
Steven A. Hein, Reformation & Revival 6.4 (Fall 1997): 87-107. |
| Justification and Evangelical Christianity: A Historical Concern (.pdf) |
Philip H. Eveson, Reformation & Revival 6.4 (Fall 1997): 49-66. |
| All Grace and Grace Alone (.pdf) |
William Arp, Reformation & Revival 6.4 (Fall 1997): 27-47. |
| Has the Forenisc Eclipsed Christ? |
R. Scott Clark |
| Herman Bavinck's Doctrine of Justification by Faith |
Dr. Ron Gleason |
| God Glorified in Justification |
Rick Ritchie |
| Abraham Reassessed Theologically: The Abraham Narrative and the New Testament Understanding of Justification by Faith |
T. D. Alexander |
| The Relationship Between Justification and Spiritual Fruit in Romans 5–8 |
Jonathan R. Pratt |
| Let's Swap Bank Accounts |
Martin Downes |
| Alien Righteousness, Humanity’s Greatest Need |
Dr. James Edward McGoldrick |
| Justification by Faith Alone (.pdf) |
Dr. Roger Nicole |
| Justification by Faith is the Answer: What is the Question? (.pdf) |
Stephen Westerholm |
| lustitia lmputata Christi: Alien or Proper to Luther's Doctrine of Justification? (.pdf) |
R. Scott Clark |
| The Reformed View of Justification |
John Girardeau from his book Calvinism and Evangelical Arminianism |
| Luther and the Mass - Justification and the Joint Declaration |
Daniel Preus |
| The Blueprint for the Gospel? |
Todd Wilken - Justification by Faith & the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (Catholicism & Lutheranism) |
| The Life of Abraham and Justification |
GospelPedlar |
| Justification By Faith |
W. J. Grier |
| This Man Went Down to His House Justified |
John Piper - Luke 18:9-14 |
| The Danger of a Falling Church |
R. Scott Clark - On the dangers of confusing justification and sanctification. |
| But Is It Relevant? |
Michael S. Horton - If justification isn't the hit it used to be, the problem is with us. |
| What We Believe - Good News of Regeneration and Justification |
Peter Toon |
| Justification: Defending the Heart of the Gospel |
Phil Johnson (.pdf) |
| Righteousness for the Unrighteous |
Lee Irons |
| Beyond Probation |
Lee Irons |
| The “Justification” of Christmas |
Charles R. Biggs |
| Some Thoughts on Covenant Theology and Justification |
The Presbyterian Banner (May 2002) |
| Joyfully Justified! |
Roger Smalling |
| The Key to the Gospel |
Phil Johnson |
| The Heart of the Gospel? |
Phil Johnson |
| The Justice of Calvary |
Phil Johnson |
| Back Again |
Phil Johnson |
| About that series of posts I keep promising . . . |
Phil Johnson |
| Back to Bidniss |
Phil Johnson |
| Back to 2 Corinthians 5:21 |
Phil Johnson |
| End of a Long Series |
Phil Johnson |
| Accepted in the Beloved |
John M. Brentnall |
| Justification by Faith Alone - Part 1 |
Ian Hamilton |
| Justification by Faith Alone - Part 2 |
Ian Hamilton |
| Justification by Faith Alone - Part 3 |
Ian Hamilton |
| The Alleged Legalism in Paul’s Doctrine of Justification |
Geerhardus Vos (.pdf) |
| Subjective Soteriology - Justification |
Bob Burridge |
| Justification by Faith: Did Paul Get it Right? |
Peter Hastie |
| Justified by Faith Alone |
Nick Bibile |
| Declared “Not guilty!” |
Paul Mizzi |
| Verses that Show Justification by Faith |
Matt Slick |
| Justification in Paul's Letters |
Philip Eveson |
| Justification in Other New Testament Books |
Philip Eveson |
| Justification in the Old Testament |
Philip Eveson |
| Justification: The "Right" Words |
Philip Eveson |
| Justification: Right with God |
Philip Eveson |
| The Dynamics of Grace - Part 1 |
Jay Wegter - The Doctrine of Justification by Faith |
| The Dynamics of Grace - Part 2 |
Jay Wegter - The Fear of Judgment and the Power of the Atonement |
| The Dynamics of Grace - Part 3 |
Jay Wegter - Grace Makes Heroes of Us All |
| The Dynamics of Grace - Part 4 |
Jay Wegter - The Justification-Sanctification Connection (Why Justification is the Foundation of Sanctification) |
| The Dynamics of Grace - Part 5 |
Jay Wegter - Faith Equips us for Honesty in Prayer (Transparency with God after the Pattern of Psalms) |
| The Dynamics of Grace - Part 6 |
Jay Wegter - Justification and the Garments of Grace (Eph. 4 & Col. 3). |
| Understanding the Gospel: Justification |
Matt Perman |
| What is Justification? |
Matt Perman |
| Justification by Faith Alone |
Matt Perman |
| The Pleasure of God in Justifying the Wicked |
Matt Perman |
| Justification by Faith Alone |
Joel R. Beeke - The Relation of Faith to Justification |
| The Demonstration of God's Righteousness - Part 1 |
John Piper - Romans 3:21-26 |
| The Demonstration of God's Righteousness - Part 2 |
John Piper - Romans 3:21-26 |
| The Demonstration of God's Righteousness - Part 3 |
John Piper - Romans 3:21-26 |
| Reclaiming the Doctrine of Justification |
Rod Rosenbladt (Modern Reformation 1992) |
| Sola Fide: Does It Really Matter? |
Dr. John H. Armstrong |
| The Great Exchange |
Philip Eveson - Online Book |
| Does James 2 Contradict Romans 4? |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
| Justification by Faith Alone & Confessional Confusion |
Douglas R. Shivers |
| David Understood Justification by Faith |
J. Ligon Duncan, III - Romans 4:4-8 |
| The Sixteenth Century Debates on Justification |
Van Lees |
John MacArthur, Jr. (2 links)
By Faith Alone
Justified in Christ 
Covenant, Justification, and Pastoral Ministry