How can a sinful person be made right with a holy God? Few questions could be more important, and the answer takes us to the very heart of the Christian gospel.
Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox Christians and evangelicals all speak of salvation, grace, faith and the work of Christ. Yet behind this shared language lie significant differences in how salvation is understood.
Is justification a once for all declaration by God, received through faith in Christ alone, or is justification a process in which we cooperate with God’s grace? What place do good works, the sacraments and the Church have in our salvation? And can a believer know with certainty that they have been accepted by God?
In this second episode, Alasdair MacPherson and Ian Jackson examine the different understandings of justification and salvation, and return to the fundamental question, what does the Bible teach about how a sinner is made right with God?
