TTH 560 -- DOCTRINE OF GRACE Instructor: Jack CottrellCourse Assignments – Pre-Spring 2012 Three credit hours

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is a study in soteriology (the doctrine of salvation). It focuses upon the relationship between law and grace, with an emphasis on the doctrine of justification by faith as the ground for Christian assurance. The format is to follow the doctrinal progression of Romans 1-6.

A. RATIONALE.

This course is designed to sharpen the student's understanding of the nature of salvation. Specifically it asks the question, "What does it mean to be saved by grace?"

This is not a study of theologians' views of grace or of the history of the doctrine. The goal of the course rather is to explore the Biblical teaching about grace and how it relates to subjects such as law, works, the cross, faith, baptism, justification, and assurance.

The course as a whole will emphasize the theme that the heart of grace is justification by the blood of Christ through faith, a proper understanding of which is the key to assurance of salvation. Since this is in effect the fundamental element of the Christian gospel, a proper grasp of these concepts is necessary for a satisfying personal faith and for an adequate presentation of the gospel in evangelistic or witnessing situations. Thus this course is foundational in terms of our mission to train Christian workers for all aspects of service in the church.

B. OBJECTIVES. Upon completion of this course the student should --

1. Understand and be able to explain to others the Bible's teaching about law and grace.2. Have a clear understanding of and a stronger appreciation of what it means to be personally

saved by grace.3. Have a genuine personal assurance of salvation.4. Be able to show how the Biblical doctrine of grace integrates with other Biblical doctrines,

e.g., the nature of God, the nature of man, and the person and work of Christ.5. Be able to teach the doctrines of grace to others, and to do this especially in relation to Romans

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C. GENERAL INFORMATION.

1. Class Sessions. This course meets Monday through Friday, Jan. 2-6, 2012, according to the attached schedule. For EACH class session, including Monday, you should bring with you the following: (1) a Bible, NASB or ESV preferred (but not required); and (2) the course outline, TTH 560 Doctrine of Grace (2009 ed. only), which is available online only. Regarding the outline, EITHER bring a laptop to class, and follow the outline there; OR print out your own paper copy and bring that with you. Please do not eat meals during the class sessions; stay-awake snacks are OK.

2. Absence Policy. Missing more than five hours of actual class time makes the student liable for penalty; substantially more than this may lead to exclusion from the course. Please consult the teacher if you have questions about this. If an absence is necessary, the student should make arrangements for someone to record the class and should listen to the recording.

3. Grade Determination. First R & R -- 15%Second R & R (Seamands) -- 15%Cottrell Reading -- 15%Examination -- 25%

Final Assignment -- 30%

4. Deadlines . Each assignment is required to be submitted on or before the date due. Except for the exam and the final assignment, a one-week extension may be granted at the instructor’s discretion.

5. You may acquire the books for this course from any source you choose. They should all be available from the CBC&S Bookstore.

6. Disclaimer. The professor reserves the right to change any part of this course plan as deemed necessary.

7. Contacting the instructor: Jack Cottrell, 2700 Glenway Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45204. Phone: 513-244-8166 (campus office); 812-637-9628 (home office). E-mail: Jack.cottrell@ccuniversity.edu.

D. Reading Assignments.

1. All students will read David Seamands, Healing Grace: Finding Freedom from the Performance Trap (Light and Life Communications, 1999; any edition is OK). Write a “read and report.”

2. All students will read ONE of the following five books, and write a “read and report” on it:a. Lucado, Max. In the Grip of Grace (Word, 1996).b. Swindoll, Charles. The Grace Awakening (Word, 1990).c. Yancey, Phillip. What’s So Amazing About Grace? (Zondervan, 1997).d. Schreiner, Thomas. 40 Questions About Christians and Biblical Law (Kregel, 2010).e. Wright, N. T. Justification: God’s Plan and Paul’s Vision (IVP, 2009).

3. All students will read the following material from Jack Cottrell, and report THAT it has been read:

a. The College Press NIV Commentary, Romans, one-vol. edition. (College Press, 2005), pp. 17-298.

b. Set Free!: What the Bible Says About Grace (College Press, 2009).c. What the Bible Says About God the Redeemer (College Press, 1987; now Wipf and Stock),

ch. 2, ch. 5, ch. 6, and pp. 401-441 of ch. 7.

E. “READ AND REPORT.” Read the assigned work and submit a report (paper copy, in outline format) that includes a good solid paragraph about each of the following items (total 12 to 16 paragraphs):

1. Three or four things from the book that were a new or different way of thinking for me. (Explain.)

2. Three or four things from or about the book that were somewhat disappointing to me, and why.

3. Three or four things from the book that I still have questions about, and why.4. Three or four things from the book that will be quite useful to me in my ministry, and why.

F. SUBMITTED ASSIGNMENTS.

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1. EXAMINATION (25% of your grade): On the last day of class a take-home final exam will be distributed. It must be completed, and submitted or mailed, by Jan. 16, 2012, no exceptions. This will not be returned.

2. READ & REPORTS (2; @15% of your grade): Described above. Submit the one of your choice (#2 above) by January 30, 2012; submit the one about Seamands (#1 above) by February 13, 2012. Submit paper copies by U.S. mail. Enclose SASE for return, or include campus box #.

3. FINAL ASSIGNMENT (30% of your grade): Write and submit an essay (c. 2000 words) on this subject: "Grace, Life, and Ministry: What I Learned in This Course, and How I Plan To Apply It." Submit by U.S. mail by March 6, 2012. Enclose SASE for return, or include campus box #.

4. READING REPORT (15% of your grade). At any point during the time frame from Jan. 2 to March 6, 2012, submit a report THAT you have read the assigned materials by Jack Cottrell. The last day to report this will be March 6. Please do not forget this. If you have read only part of the assignment, report what has been read. This report may be sent by E-mail.

G. DAILY SCHEDULE

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

8 - 9:30 a.m. 8 - 9:30 a.m. 8 - 9:30 a.m. 8 - 9:30 a.m. 9:45 - 11:00 9:45 - 11:00 9:45 - 11:00

9:45-11:0010:00 - 12:00 11:10 - 12:30 11:10 - 12:30 11:10 - 12:30 11:10 - 12:30

[lunch] [lunch] [lunch] [lunch] [lunch] 1:00 - 2:30 1:30 - 2:50 1:30 - 2:50 1:30 - 2:50 1:30 - 3:302:40 - 4:15 3:00 - 4:20 3:00 - 4:20 3:00 - 4:204:25 - 6:00 4:30 - 6:00 4:30 - 6:00 4:30 - 6:00

H. THEME SONG.I am not under law; I'm under grace!It was grace that rescued me; it was grace that set me free.I have sought--I have found--a hiding place;I am not under law; I am under grace!

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DOCTRINE OF GRACE BIBLIOGRAPHYCINCINNATI BIBLE SEMINARY

Fall 2011[BOLD TYPE = recommended for Christian workers' libraries.]

I. THE CONCEPT OF GRACE

A. General

Bassler, Jouette M. Navigating Paul: An Introduction to Key Theological Concepts. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2006. New perspective, not necessarily evangelical. Grace PLUS judgment according to deeds.Best, W. E. Free Grace Versus Free Will. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1977. Strongly Calvinistic.Boice, James Montgomery. The Glory of God's Grace, and How It Can Change Your Life.

Grand Rapids: Kregel, 1999. (Reprint of Amazing Grace, Tyndale, 1993.) Calvinistic.

Bonar, Horatius. The Everlasting Righteousness. Hobbs, NM: Trinity Foundation, 1994 reprint (1874).

Booth, Abraham. The Reign of Grace. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1949 reprint of 1768 work. Calvinistic.

Bridges, Jerry. Transforming Grace: Living Confidently in God's Unfailing Love. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 1991. Explores the transition from legalism to grace.

Brown, Stephen. When Being Good Isn't Good Enough. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1996 reprint (Nelson, 1990). Shows how grace delivers one from bondage to performance.

Bunyan, John. The Doctrine of Law and Grace Unfolded. Swengel, PA: Reiner, 1968 reprint of 1853 work. Free-will Baptist.

Carter, John Ross, ed. Of Human Bondage and Divine Grace: A Global Testimony. Peru, IL: Open Court, 1992. 20 essays claim grace is at the heart of all world religions.

Chafer, Lewis Sperry. Grace: An Exposition of God's Marvelous Gift. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 1995 reprint of 1922 work. Calvinistic; dispensational. Early champion of the anti-Lordship salvation viewpoint.

Chantry, Walter J. God's Righteous Kingdom: Focusing on the Law's Connection with the Gospel. Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1980. Calvinistic.

Cheeseman, John, et al. The Grace of God in the Gospel. Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1972. Calvinistic.

Clark, Gordon R. The Word Hesed in the Hebrew Bible. Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993.

Cote, Richard G. Universal Grace: Myth or Reality? Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1977. Liberation theology; universalism.

Cottrell, Jack. Set Free! What the Bible Says About Grace. Joplin, MO: College Press, 2009.

DeHaan, Martin R. Law or Grace. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1965. Calvinistic.Ditmanson, Harold. Grace in Experience and Theology. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1977;

reprint, Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2001. Survey of modern theologians' views of grace.

Eastman, Brad, The Significance of Grace in the Letters of Paul. New York: Peter Lang, 1999.

Elert, Werner. Law and Gospel, tr. Edward H. Schroeder. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1967. Lutheran.

Flavel, John. The Method of Grace. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1977 reprint. Calvinistic.Forde, Gerhard. The Law Gospel Debate. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1968. By a Lutheran

author.Garlington, D. B. "The Obedience of Faith": A Pauline Phrase in Historical Context.

Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr, 1990.

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Glueck, Nelson. Hesed in the Bible, tr. Alfred Gottschalk. Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1967. Influential Old Testament study.

Gray, H. D. The Christian Doctrine of Grace. London: Independent Press, 1949.Hanko, Herman. God’s Everlasting Covenant of Grace. Grandville, MI: Reformed Free

Publishing Association, 1988. Calvinistic sovereign grace.Hals, Ronald. Grace and Faith in the Old Testament. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1980.Hardman, Oscar. The Christian Doctrine of Grace. New York: Macmillan, 1947.Hoekema, Anthony. Saved by Grace. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1989. Calvinistic study of

the scope of salvation.Horton, Michael Scott. Putting Amazing Back into Grace: Who Does What in Salvation? 2

ed. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1994. Calvinistic.Hughes, Philip E. But for the Grace of God. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1964. Calvinistic.Jauncey, Ernest. The Doctrine of Grace: Up to the End of the Pelagian Controversy.

London: SPCK, 1925.Julian, Ron. Righteous Sinners: The Believer's Struggle with Faith, Grace, and Works.

Colorado Springs: NavPress, 1998.Kevan, Ernest F. The Grace of Law: A Study of Puritan Theology. Grand Rapids: Baker,

1976 reprint of 1964 work.Kuyper, Abraham. Particular Grace: A Defense of the Sovereignty of God in Salvation,

trans. Marvin Kamps. Grandville, MI: Reformed Free Publishing Association, 2002. Calvinistic sovereign grace.

Lindsey, Hal. Amazing Grace. Palos Verdes, CA: Western Front, 1995.McClain, Alva J. Law and Grace. Chicago: Moody, 1954.McMinn, Mark. Sin and Grace in Christian Counseling: An Integrative Paradigm. Downers

Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2008.Mikolaski, Samuel J. The Grace of God. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1966. A very good

study.Moffatt, James. Grace in the New Testament. New York: Ray Long & Richard R. Smith,

1932.Phan, Peter C. Grace and the Human Condition. Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1988.

"Message of the Fathers of the Church" series.Pinnock, Clark H., ed. The Grace of God, the Will of Man: A Case for Arminianism.

Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1995 (reprint of Zondervan, 1989). Sees salvation as conditional, as opposed to Calvinism.

Pinnock, Clark H., ed. Grace Unlimited. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1975; reprint, Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 1999. Again, salvation is conditional, contra Calvinism.

Piper, John. Future Grace. Portland, OR: Multnomah, 1995.Plumer, William S. The Grace of Christ, or Sinners Saved by Unmerited Kindness.

Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1853. Strong Calvinism.Ramsay, Richard B. Am I Good Enough? Learning To Live by God's Grace. Phillipsburg, NJ:

Presbyterian and Reformed, 1992. A brief Calvinistic treatment of some grace and salvation themes.

Ridenour, Fritz. How To Be a Christian Without Being Religious. Glendale, CA: Regal, 1967. Light, perceptive, and useful study of the book of Romans from the standpoint of grace.

Schulz, Thomas N. The Meaning of Charis in the New Testament. Genova, Italy: Editrice Lanterna, 1971.Shepherd, Norman. The Call of Grace: How the Covenant Illuminates Salvation and

Evangelism. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian & Reformed, 2001. Unusually strong emphasis on the necessity of works.

Smith, Charles Ryder. The Bible Doctrine of Grace and Related Doctrines. London: Epworth, 1956.

Smith, Chuck. Why Grace Changes Everything. Waco: Word, 1995.Stanley, Andy. How Good is Good Enough? Portland, OR: Multnomah Publishers, 2003.Strombeck, J. F. Grace and Truth: The True Relationship Between Law and Grace. Grand

Rapids: Kregel, 1991. Focuses on the gospel of John.

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Stuhlmacher, P. Reconciliation, Law and Righteousness. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1986.Swindoll, Charles R. The Grace Awakening. Dallas: Word, 1990.Torrance, Thomas F. The Doctrine of Grace in the Apostolic Fathers. Grand Rapids:

Eerdmans, 1960.Unno, Taitetsu. River of Fire, River of Water: An Introduction to the Pure Land Tradition of

Shin Buddhism. New York: Doubleday, 1998.Van Til, Cornelius. Common Grace and the Gospel. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and

Reformed, 1972. A Calvinist's explanation of how "non-saving grace" is given to the entire human race.

Walther, C. F. The Proper Distinction Between Law and Gospel, tr. W. H. T. Dau. St. Louis: Concordia, 1929. Classical Lutheranism.

Watson, Philip S. The Concept of Grace. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1959.Whitley, William T., ed. The Doctrine of Grace. London: SCM, 1932.Williams, Norman P. The Grace of God. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1966.Yancey, Philip. What's So Amazing About Grace? Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1997.

B. Restoration Movement Writings

Cottrell, Jack. Baptism: A Biblical Study. Joplin, MO: College Press, 1989. Several chapters emphasize the connection of baptism with grace.

Cottrell, Jack. His Truth. Joplin, MO: College Press, 1989 reprint of 1980 work. Brief doctrinal studies of sin-and-salvation themes.

Cottrell, Jack. Set Free! What the Bible Says About Grace. Joplin, MO: College Press, 2009.

Cottrell, Jack. Thirteen Lessons on Grace. Joplin, MO: College Press, 1988 reprint of Being Good Enough Isn't Good Enough (Standard, 1976).

Cottrell, Jack. What the Bible Says About God the Redeemer. Joplin, MO: College Press, 1987. Aspects of the divine nature that are relevant for understanding grace.

Croom, Adlai S. Man's Salvation by God's Grace. Searcy, AR: author, 1973. Churches of Christ (non-instrument).

Fudge, Edward. The Grace of God. Athens, AL: C.E.I., 1971. An excellent booklet by a churches of Christ (non-instrument) writer.

Fudge, Edward. Questions and Answers. DeFuniak Springs, FL: Diversity Press, 1998. Includes material on grace.

Jones, Milton. Grace, the Heart of the Fire. Joplin, MO: College Press, 1992. Popular-level work.

Ketcherside, W. Carl. The Death of the Custodian: The Case of the Missing Tutor. Cincinnati: Standard, 1976. This writer has a good understanding of grace as such but a poor understanding of its implications for daily obedience.

Lucado, Max. In the Grip of Grace. Waco: Word, 1996.Moser, K. C. The Gist of Romans. Delight, AR: Gospel Light, 1958. This study of Romans

by a churches of Christ (non-instrument) writer has good insights into grace. See the introduction especially.

Moser, K. C. The Way of Salvation. Delight, AR: Gospel Light, 1932. One of the best Restoration Movement treatments of grace.

Mouton, Boyce. The Schoolmaster: A Study of Law and Grace. Joplin, MO: College Press, 1985.

Pile, William. What the Bible Says About Grace. Joplin, MO: College Press, 1990. A good study.

Roberts, Tom, et al. Neo-Calvinism in the Church of Christ. Fairmount, IN: Cogdill Foundation, 1980. Attacks the grace-unity movement in the churches of Christ (non-instrument).

Stroop, J. Ridley. The Gospel Context. Nashville: David Lipscomb College, 1967. Churches of Christ (non-instrument).

Thomas, J. D. The Biblical Doctrine of Grace. Abilene: Biblical Research Press, 1977. Churches of Christ (non-instrument).

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C. Roman Catholic View

Aune, David E., ed. Rereading Paul Together: Protestant an Catholic Perspectives on Justification. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2006.

Ernst, Cornelius. The Theology of Grace. Butler, WI: Clergy Book Service, 1974.Fransen, Peter. Divine Grace and Man, rev. ed., tr. Georges DuPont. New York: Desclee,

1962.Fransen, Peter. The New Life of Grace. New York: Desclee, 1969.Gleason, Robert W. Grace. New York: Sheed and Ward, 1962.Journet, Charles. The Meaning of Grace, tr. A. V. Littledale. New York: P. J. Kenedy & Sons,

1960.Joyce, G. H. The Catholic Doctrine of Grace. Westminster, MD; Newman, 1950.Liderbach, Daniel. The Theology of Grace and the American Mind: A Representation of

Catholic Doctrine. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 1983.McDermott, Brian O. What Are They Saying About the Grace of Christ? Mahwah, NJ: Paulist

Press, 1984. Survey of Catholic views.O’Laughlin, Frank. The Future of the Sacrament of Penance. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press,

2009.Osborne, Kenan B. Reconciliation and Justification: The Sacrament and Its Theology.

Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 1990. Post-Vatican II revisionist view of the Roman Catholic sacrament of penance.

Pohle, Joseph. Grace, Actual and Habitual: A Dogmatic Treatise, ed. Arthur Preuss. St. Louis: Herder, 1924.

Rondet, Henri. The Grace of Christ. Paramus, NJ: Newman, 1967.Sproul, R. C. Faith Alone: The Evangelical Doctrine of Justification. Grand Rapids: Baker,

1995. Contrasts the Biblical and Catholic views.Sullivan, Francis A. Salvation Outside the Church? Tracing the History of the Catholic

Response. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 1992. Catholic perspectives on the question of the salvation of the unevangelized.

Vanhuysse, T. The Gift of Grace: Roman Catholic Teaching in the Light of the Bible. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1993. A Protestant critique.

II. THE ATONEMENT

Baker, Mark D., ed. Recovering the Scandal of the Cross: Atonement in the New Testament and Contemporary Contexts. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2006; second edition, 2011.

Beilby, James; & Paul R. Eddy, eds. The Nature of the Atonement: Four Views. Downers Grove: IVP, 2006.

Hill, Charles E., et al., eds. The Glory of the Atonement: Biblical, Historical, & Practical Perspectives: Essays in Honor of Roger R. Nicole. Downers Grove: IVP, 2004.

Jeffery, Steve; Michael Ovey; & Andrew Sach. Pierced for Our Transgressions: Rediscovering the Glory of Penal Substitution. Wheaton: Crossway, 2007. Responses to contemporary criticisms of the doctrine.

Jersak, Brad; and Michael Hardin, eds. Stricken by God? Nonviolent Identification and the Victory of Christ. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007. Contemporary pacifistic reinterpretation of the atonement; a fad.

McKnight, Scot. Jesus and His Death: Historiography, the Historical Jesus, and Atonement Theory. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2005.

Morris, Leon. The Atonement: Its Meaning and Significance. Downers Grove: IVP, 1984. A simplified version of the following. One of the best.

Morris, Leon. The Apostolic Preaching of the Cross. Third revised ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1984. The best.

Packer, J. I.; & Mark Dever. In My Place Condemned He Stood: Celebrating the Glory of the Atonement. Wheaton: Crossway, 2008.

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Stott, John R. W. The Cross of Christ. 20th Anniversary ed. Downers Grove: IVP, 2006. One of the best.Tidball, Derek, et al., eds. The Atonement Debate: Papers from the London Symposium on the Theology of Atonement. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2008. The penal substitution view and its challengers.Weaver, J. Denny. The Nonviolent Atonement. 2 ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011. Rejects the view that the purpose of the cross was to satisfy the wrath of God in our place (propitiation, substitutionary atonement.)

III. JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH

Anderson, H. G., et al., eds. Justification by Faith: Lutherans and Catholics in Dialogue, VII. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1985.

Appleby, John. Not Guilty. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1990. Abridged version of Buchanan's classic, Justification.

Ashcraft, Morris. The Forgiveness of Sins. Nashville: Broadman, 1972.Barber, Jimmy. Justification: The Heart of the Gospel. 1991.Barth, Markus. Justification: Pauline Texts Interpreted in the Light of the Old and New

Testaments. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1971.Bayer, Oswald. Living By Faith: Justification and Sanctification. Grand Rapids: Wm. B.

Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2003.Becker, Siegbert W., ed. His Pardoning Grace: Six Essays on the Doctrine of Justification.

Milwaukee: Northwestern Publishing House, 1966. Lutheran.Beers, J. Michael. Sin and Forgiveness. Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1988. "Message

of the Fathers of the Church" series.Beilby, James K.; and Paul Rhodes Eddy, eds. Justification: Five Views. Downers Grove:

InterVarsity, 2011. Views: traditional Reformed; progressive Reformed; New Perspective; Theosis; Roman Catholic.

Berkouwer, G. C. Faith and Justification, tr. Lewis Smedes. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1954. A scholarly study by a Calvinist.

Best, W. E. Justification Before God (Not by Faith). Houston: South Belt Assembly of Christ, n.d. [1993]. Strongly Calvinistic.

Boehl, Edward. The Reformed Doctrine of Justification, tr. C. H. Riedesel. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1946.

Boers, Hendrikus. The Justification of the Gentiles: Paul's Letters to the Romans and Galatians. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1994. 350p.

Braaten, Carl E. Justification: The Article by Which the Church Stands or Falls. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1990.

Bridges, Jerry; and Bob Bevington. The Bookends of the Christian Life. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2009. Treats justification and sanctification.

Buchanan, James. The Doctrine of Justification: Its History in the Church and Its Exposition from Scripture. Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1985 reprint of 1867 work. A classic, thorough study by a Calvinist.

Bunyan, John. Justification by an Imputed Righteousness. Swengel, PA: Reiner, 1967 reprint. Nineteenth century free-will Baptist.

Bunyan, John. The Pharisee and the Publican. Swengel, PA: Reiner, 1968 reprint of 1845 work.

Burgess, Joseph A. & Marc Kolden, eds. By Faith Alone: Essays on Justification in Honor of Gerhard O. Forde. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2003.

Carson, D. A., ed. Right with God: Justification in the Bible and the World. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1991. Biblical and comparative studies.

Carson, D. A., Peter O’Brien & Mark A. Seifrid, eds. Justification and Variegated Nomism: Vol. 1, A Fresh Appraisal of Paul and Second Temple Judaism. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2001.

Carson, D. A., Peter O’Brien & Mark A. Seifrid, eds. Justification and Variegated Nomism: Vol. 2, The Paradoxes of Paul. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2004.

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Chemnitz, Martin. Justification. St. Louis: Concordia, 1986. A classic treatment from the period of Lutheran orthodoxy.

Crabtree, Arthur. The Restored Relationship: A Study in Justification and Reconciliation. Valley Forge, PA: Judson, 1963.

Crosby, John F. From Religion to Grace. Nashville: Abingdon, 1967.Dantine, William. Justification of the Ungodly. St. Louis: Concordia, 1968. Lutheran.Dillistone, F. W., et al. The Doctrine of Justification by Faith. London: Mowbray, 1954.Dunn, James D. G.; and Alan M. Suggate. The Justice of God: A Fresh Look at the Old

Doctrine of Justification by Faith. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994. Redefines justification by faith.

Dunn, James D. G. The New Perspective on Paul. Revised ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007.

Fesco. J. V. Justification: Understanding the Classic Reformed Doctrine. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed, 2008. A comprehensive defense of the Calvinist view of justification by faith alone.

Forde, Gerhard O. Justification by Faith: A Matter of Death and Life. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1982.

Hodge, Charles. Justification by Faith Alone. Hobbs, NM: Trinity Foundation, 1995 reprint.Horn, Robert M. Go Free! The Meaning of Justification. Downers Grove: InterVarsity,

1976. Excellent small study.Husbands, Mark & Daniel J. Treier, eds. Justification: What’s at stake in the Current

Debates. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2004.*Johnson, Gary L. W.; and Guy P. Waters, eds. By Faith Alone: Answering the Challenges to

the Doctrine of Justification. Wheaton: Crossway, 2007. Response to the New Perspective and to the Federal Vision.

Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification. Issued by the Lutheran World Federation and the Roman Catholic Church. English-language ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000.

Jones, L. Gregory. Embodying Forgiveness: A Theological Analysis. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.

Kellems, Jesse R. Studies in the Forgiveness of Sins. New York: George H. Deron, 1926. Restoration Movement (Disciples).

Knox, David B. Justification by Faith. London: Church Book Room Press, 1959.Küng, Hans. Justification: The Doctrine of Karl Barth and a Catholic Reflection, 2 ed.

Philadelphia: Westminster, 1981.Macchia, Frank D. Justified in the Spirit: Creation, Redemption, and the Triune God.

“Pentecostal Manifestos” series. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2010. A Pentecostal approach, integrating the work of the Spirit in justification.

McCormack, Bruce L., ed. Justification in Perspective: Historical Developments and Contemporary Challenges. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2006. Essays that take the Protestant view of justification as the touchstone.

McDonald, H. D. Forgiveness and Atonement. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1984.McGrath, Alister E. Iustitia Dei: A History of the Doctrine of Justification. 3 ed. New York:

Cambridge University Press, 2005. In-depth work by an evangelical.McGrath, Alister E. Justification by Faith: What It Means for Us Today. Grand Rapids:

Zondervan, 1988.McGraw, John E. Justification. Kansas City: Beacon Hill, 1968. Wesleyan (Nazarene).Murray, John. Redemption: Accomplished and Applied. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1955. Calvinistic.Newman, John Henry. Lectures on the Doctrine of Justification. Westminster, MD: Christian

Classics, 1966 reprint of 1874 work. Roman Catholic.Oden, Thomas C. The Justification Reader. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002. “Classic

Christian Readers” series. Mainly texts from early Christian writings, plus his own statement of the view.

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Oliphint, K. Scott, ed. Justified in Christ: God’s Plan for us in Justification. Rpss-Shire, Scotland: Christian Focus Publications (Mentor), 2007. Essays by members of Westminster Theological Seminary faculty.

Osborne, Kenan B. Reconciliation and Justification: The Sacrament and Its Theology. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1990. A post-Vatican II Roman Catholic study of penance.

Owen, John. The Doctrine of Justification by Faith, Through the Imputation of the Righteousness of Christ. London: Banner of Truth Trust, 1959 reprint. Calvinistic.

Packer, J. I., ed. Here We Stand: Justification by Faith Today. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1986.

Piper, John. Counted Righteous in Christ: Should We Abandon the Imputation of Christ’s Righteousness? Wheaton: Crossway, 2002. Defends justification as the imputation of Christ’s active righteousness.

Piper, John. The Future of Justification: A Response to N. T. Wright. Wheaton: Crossway, 2007. Critique of the New Perspective.

Reid, Gavin, ed. The Great Acquittal: Justification by Faith & Current Christian Thought. London: Collins, 1980.

Reumann, John. "Righteousness" in the New Testament: Justification in the Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1982.

Ritschl, Albrecht. The Christian Doctrine of Justification and Reconciliation: The Positive Development of the Doctrine, tr. of the 3rd edition by H. R. Mackintosh and A. B. Macaulay. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1902. Old Liberalism.

Ritschl, Albrecht. A Critical History of the Christian Doctrine of Justification and Reconciliation, tr. John S. Black. Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas, 1872.

Robbins, John W. Companion to The Current Justification Controversy. Unicoi, TN: Trinity Foundation 2003. See Robertson entry below. Addresses New Perspective, and problems in Westminster Seminary circles.

Robertson, O. Palmer. The Current Justification Controversy. Unicoi, TN: Trinity Foundation, 2003. Addresses especially the Westminster Seminary controversy surrounding Norman Shepherd.

Seifrid, Mark A. Christ, Our Righteousness. “New Studies in Biblical Theology.” Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2001. Defends the traditional Reformation view of justification, contra the “new perspective on Paul.”

Seifrid, Mark A. Justification by Faith: The Origin and Development of a Central Pauline Theme. Leiden: Brill, 1992.

Shaw, Joseph M. If God Be for Us: A Study in the Meaning of Justification. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1966.

Sproul, R. C. Faith Alone: The Evangelical Doctrine of Justification. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1995.

Stanley, Alan P. Did Jesus Teach Salvation by Works? The Role of Works in Salvation in the Synoptic Gospels, ed. David Baker. The Evangelical Theological Society Monography Series. Eugene, OR; Pickwick Publications [Wipf and Stock], 2006.

Stuhlmacher, Peter; with Donald A. Hagner. Revisiting Paul’s Doctrine of Justification: A Challenge to the New Perspective. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2001. Emphasizes judicial/forensic aspects.

Taylor, Vincent. Forgiveness and Reconciliation: A Study in New Testament Theology. London: Macmillan, 1952.

Toon, Peter. Justification and Sanctification. Westchester, IL: Crossway Books, 1983.VanLandingham, Chris. Judgment & Justification in Early Judaism and the Apostle Paul.

Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2006. How can we be saved by grace and judged by works?

Vickers, Brian. Jesus’ Blood and Righteousness: Paul’s Theology of Imputation. Wheaton: Crossway, 2006.

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Waters, Guy Prentiss. Justification and the New Perspectives on Paul: A Review and Response. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed, 2004. Critique of the New Perspective.

Weinrich, Michael; and John P. Burgess, editors. What Is Justification About? Reformed Contributions to an Ecumenical Theme. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2009. Authors are modern Reformed scholars.

White, James R. The God Who Justifies: The Doctrine of Justification. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 2001.

White, James. Justification by Faith. Southbridge, MA: Crowne Publications, 1990. Brief; Reformed.

Williams, Charles. The Forgiveness of Sins. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1984.Wright, N. T. Justification: God’s Plan and Paul’s Vision. Downers Grove: InterVarsity

Press, 2009. Defense of the New Perspective.Ziesler, J. A. The Meaning of Righteousness in Paul: A Linguistic and Theological Enquiry.

New York: Cambridge University Press, 1972.

IV. THE ROLE OF LAW AND WORKS

Badenas, Robert. Christ the End of the Law: Romans 10.4 in Pauline Perspective. Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press. Says "end" (telos) here means object or fulfillment, not abrogation.

Bahnsen, Greg L.; et al. Five Views on Law and Gospel. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996. Discusses issues relating to theonomy. Old title: The Law, the Gospel, and the Modern Christian: Five Views (Zondervan, 1993).

Budziszewski, J. Written on the Heart: The Case for Natural Law. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1997.

Carson, D. A., Peter O’Brien & Mark A. Seifrid, eds. Justification and Variegated Nomism: Vol. 1, A Fresh Appraisal of Paul and Second Temple Judaism. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2001.

Carson, D. A., Peter O’Brien & Mark A. Seifrid, eds. Justification and Variegated Nomism: Vol. 2, The Paradoxes of Paul. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2004.

Das, A. Andrew. Paul, the Law, and the Covenant. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2001.Dunn, James D. G. Jesus, Paul and the Law: Studies in Mark and Galatians. Louisville:

Westminster/John Knox, 1990.Dunn, James D. G., ed. Paul and the Mosaic Law. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000.Fairbairn, Patrick. The Revelation of Law in Scripture. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and

Reformed, 1996 reprint.Fuller, Daniel. Gospel and Law: Contrast or Continuum? The Hermeneutics of

Dispensationalism and Covenant Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1980.Gathercole, Simon J. Where Is Boasting? Early Jewish Soteriology and Paul’s Response in

Romans 1-5. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002. Challenges the “new perspective” on Paul. Argues that Paul did indeed combat a Jewish perspective that saw obedience to the Law both as possible and as a criterion for vindication at the final judgment. For Paul, obedience to the Law is not a criterion for final judgment because human nature makes obedience to the Law impossible.

Gentry, Kenneth L., Jr. God's Law in the Modern World: The Continuing Relevance of Old Testament Law. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1993. Clarifies the extent to which believers are not under law, according to the hermeneutics of theonomy.

Kim, Seyoon. Paul and the New Perspective: Second Thoughts on the Origin of Paul’s Gospel. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001. Challenges the “new perspective” school.

Kruse, Colin. Paul, the Law, and Justification. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1997. Surveys the debate since 1977.

Martin, Brice L. Christ and the Law in Paul. Leiden: Brill, 1989.Meyer, Jason. The End of the Law: Mosaic Covenant in Pauline Theology. Nashville:

Broadman & Holman, 2009.

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Raisanen, Heikki. Paul and the Law. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1986.Reisinger, Ernest C. The Law and the Gospel. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed,

1995. Are believers freed from the moral law as a standard of righteousness?Schreiner, Thomas R. The Law and Its Fulfillment: A Pauline Theology of Law. Grand

Rapids: Baker, 1993.Stanley, Alen P. Did Jesus Teach Salvation by Works? The Role of Works in Salvation in the

Synoptic Gospels. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications [Wipf & Stock], 2006.Strickland, Wayne G., ed. The Law, the Gospel, and the Modern Christian: Five Views.

Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1993. Debates the role of the Mosaic Law in Christians' lives.

Thielman, Frank. Paul and the Law: A Contextual Approach. Downers Grove: IVP, 1994. A corrective to some of the hypotheses of the "new perspective" on Paul and law (e.g., Dunn), which questions the traditional reformational understanding.

Walther, Carl F. W. God’s “No” and God’s “Yes”: The Proper Distinction Between Law and Gospel. Ed. W. C. Pieper. St. Louis, MO: Concordia, 1973.

Westerholm, Stephen. Israel's Law and the Church's Faith: Paul and His Recent Interpreters. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1988.

Wright, N. T. The Climax of the Covenant: Christ and the Law in Pauline Theology. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1992.

V. THE LORDSHIP SALVATION DEBATE

Belcher, Richard P. A Layman's Guide to the Lordship Controversy. Southbridge, MA: Crowne Publications, 1990. Summarizes the two viewpoints; critiques the non-lordship position.

Crenshaw, Curtis. Lordship Salvation: The Only Kind There Is! Memphis: Footstool Publications, 1994.

Gentry, Kenneth L., Jr. Lord of the Saved: Getting to the Heart of the Lordship Debate. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1993.

Hodges, Zane C. Absolutely Free! A Biblical Reply to Lordship Salvation. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1989. An extreme faith-only view that rejects Lordship salvation.

Hodges, Zane C. The Gospel Under Siege: A Study in Faith and Works. Dallas: Redencion Viva, 1981. Extreme faith-only view.

Horton, Michael, ed. Christ the Lord: The Reformation and Lordship Salvation. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1992.

Lescelius, Robert. Lordship Salvation: Some Crucial Questions and Answers. Asheville, NC: Revival Literature, 1992. Calvinistic; reply to Hodges and Ryrie.

MacArthur, John F., Jr. Faith Works: The Gospel According to the Apostles. Waco: Word, 1992.

MacArthur, John F., Jr. The Gospel According to Jesus: What Does Jesus Mean When He Says, "Follow Me"?. Revised ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994 (1988). Defends Lordship salvation.

Reisinger, Ernest C. Lord and Christ: The Implications of Lordship for Faith and Life. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1995.

Ryrie, Charles C. The Grace of God. Chicago: Moody, 1963. Opposes MacArthur's viewpoint; radical faith-only view.

Ryrie, Charles C. So Great Salvation: What It Means To Believe in Jesus Christ. Wheaton: Victor Books, 1989. Attacks the Lordship salvation viewpoint.

VI. THE SALVATION OF THE UNEVANGELIZED

Crockett, William V.; and James G. Sigountos, eds. Through No Fault of Their Own: The Fate of Those Who Have Never Heard. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1991. Essays debating the fate of the unevangelized.

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Erickson, Millard J. How Shall They Be Saved? The Destiny of Those Who Do Not Hear of Jesus. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1996.

Fackre, Gabriel; Ronald Nash; & John Sanders. What About Those Who Have Never Heard? Three Views on the Destiny of the Unevangelized. Downers Grove: IVP, 1995.

Morgan, Christopher W.; and Robert A. Peterson. Faith Comes by Hearing: A Response to Inclusivism. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2008. Defends the traditional view.

Nash, Ronald H. Is Jesus the Only Savior? Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994.O’Collins, Gerald. Salvation for All: God’s Other People. New York: Oxford University

Press, 2008. Says the Bible teaches universal salvation.Okholm, Dennis L.; and Timothy R. Phillips, eds. Four Views on Salvation in a Pluralistic

World. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996. Previously titled, More Than One Way? Authors: Hick, Pinnock, McGrath, Geivett, Phillips.

Pinnock, Clark H. A Wideness in God's Mercy: The Finality of Jesus Christ in a World of Religions. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992. Takes a positive view of the fate of some unevangelized.

Punt, Neal. What's Good About the Good News? The Plan of Salvation in a New Light. Chicago: Northland Press, 1988. Sees hope for the salvation of the unevangelized.

Richards, Ramesh. The Population of Heaven: A Biblical Response to the Inclusivist Position on Who Will Be Saved. Chicago: Moody, 1994.

Sanders, John. No Other Name: An Investigation into the Destiny of the Unevangelized. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1992. Surveys the options; takes a positive view toward the salvation of some unevangelized.

Sanders, John, ed. What About Those Who Have Never Heard: Three Views on the Destiny of the Unevangelized. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1995. Authors: Fackre, Nash, & Sanders.

Strange, Daniel. The Possibility of Salvation Among the Unevangelized: An Analysis of Inclusivism in Recent Evangelical Theology. Wagnesboro, GA: Paternoster Press, 2002.

Sullivan, Francis A. Salvation Outside the Church? Tracing the History of the Catholic Response. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 1992. Catholic perspectives on the question of the salvation of the unevangelized.

VII. APPLICATION TO LIFE: REGENERATION, SANCTIFICATION

Aden, LeRoy, and David G. Benner, eds. Counseling and the Human Predicament: A Study of Sin, Guilt, and Forgiveness. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1989.

Anderson, Don. God Wants a Relationship Not a Performance. Neptune, NJ: Loizeaux, 1989. Study of Rom. 5-8. Says it is time to throw off the chains of performance & experience the freedom of unconditional love & acceptance by God.

Chapell, Bryan. Holiness by Grace. Wheaton: Crossway, 2001.Cooke, Joseph. Free for the Taking: The Life-Changing Power of Grace. Old Tappan, NJ:

Revell, 1975. Excellent practical application of grace to daily relationships.Ditmanson, Harold H. Grace in Experience and Theology. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2001.Dreyer, Elizabeth. Manifestations of Grace. Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1990. Every

aspect of life, even sin, has the potential to become an experience of grace. Broadens the concept of grace to include the full range of human experience.

Hoezee, Scott. The Riddle of Grace: Applying Grace to the Christian Life. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996.

Hordern, William. Living by Grace. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1975. Practical application of grace by a liberal writer.

Kistler, Don, editor. Trust and Obey: Obedience and the Christian. Morgan, PA: Soli Deo Gloria, 2003.

Mannoia, Kevin W.; and Don Thorsen, eds. The Holiness Manifesto. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008.

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McMinn, Mark R. Sin and Grace in Christian Counseling. Downers Grove: IVP, 2008. Relies too much on the doctrine of original sin.

Oden, Thomas C. Guilt Free. Nashville: Abingdon, 1980. How grace affects our self-understanding.

Oden, Thomas C. The Transforming Power of Grace. Nashville: Abingdon, 1993.Seamands, David A. Healing Grace: Finding Freedom from the Performance Trap. Rev.

ed. Indianapolis: Light and Life Communications, 1999. Reprint. Excellent practical application of grace to one's self-understanding and relationships.

Smallman, Stephen. Spiritual Birthline: Understanding How We Experience the New Birth. Wheaton: Crossway, 2006.

Smedes, Lewis B. Shame and Grace: Healing the Shame We Don't Deserve. Zondervan, 1993. 176p.

Storms, C. Samuel. To Love Mercy: Becoming a Person of Compassion, Acceptance, and Forgiveness. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 1991. Explains how to love people more than doctrine.

Strombeck, J. F. Disciplined by Grace: Studies in Christian Conduct. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 1991 reprint of 1946 work. How grace leads to disciplined conduct.

VanVonderen, Jeff. When Shame Is the Name of the Game. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1989. Presents grace as the alternative to guilt-based, shame-based, "being good enough"-based relationships.

Zahl, Paul F. M. Grace in Practice: A Theology of Everyday Life. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007.

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VIII. THE DOCTRINE OF ASSURANCE

Anderson, David. Conditional Security. Salem, OH: Schmul Publishing Co., 1985 reprint of 1946 work. Wesleyan.

Barker, Harold. Secure Forever: What God's Word, the Bible, Says Concerning the Eternal Security of the Believer. Neptune, NJ: Loizeaux, 1974. Calvinistic (defends eternal security).

Bateman, Herbert W. IV, ed. Four Views on the Warning Passages in Hebrews. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2007.

Berkhof, Louis. The Assurance of Faith, 2 ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1939. Calvinistic.Berkouwer, G. C. Faith and Perseverance, tr. Robert Knudsen. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1958.

Scholarly Calvinistic viewpoint.Bloesch, Donald. The Ground of Certainty. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1971.Borchert, Gerald L. Assurance and Warning. Nashville: Broadman, 1987. Defends eternal security.Brooks, Thomas. Heaven on Earth: A Treatise on Christian Assurance. London: Banner of Truth

Trust, 1961. Calvinistic.Cockerton, J. C. P. To Be Sure: Christian Assurance: Presumption or Privilege? London: Hodder &

Stoughton, 1967.Corner, Daniel D. The Believer's Conditional Security: A Study on Perseverance and Falling Away.

Washington, PA: Evangelical Outreach, 1997. 761 pp.Deal, William S. Christian Assurance. Kansas City: Beacon Hill, 1968. Small booklet; Wesleyan

(Nazarene). Denies eternal security.Duty, Guy. If You Continue. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1966. Excellent study that refutes

eternal security.Eaton, Michael. No Condemnation: A New Theology of Assurance. Downers Grove: InterVarsity

Press, 1997. Claims to challenge both Calvinism and Arminianism.Gromacki, Robert G. Salvation Is Forever. Chicago: Moody, 1973. Defends eternal security.Hostetter, B. Charles. How To Get Assurance. Scottdale, PA: Herald, 1963. Small booklet;

Mennonite. Positive assurance without eternal security.Ironside, H. A. Full Assurance. Chicago: Moody, 1937. Eternal security.Lassiter, Perry. Once Saved, Always Saved. Nashville: Broadman, 1975. Eternal security.Lightner, Robert P. Safe in the Arms of Jesus: God’s Provision for the Death of a Child. Grand Rapids:

Kregel.Marshall, I. Howard. Kept by the Power of God: A Study of Perseverance and Falling Away.

Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1969. Excellent study refuting eternal security.Mumaw, John R. Assurance and Salvation. Scottdale, PA: Herald, 1953. A Mennonite defends

assurance without eternal security.Nichol, C. R. The Possibility of Apostasy. Clifton, TX: author, 1951. Says it is possible.Peterson, Robert A. Our Secure Salvation: Preservation and Apostasy. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian

and Reformed, 2009. Defends the Calvinistic view of “once saved, always saved.”Pinson, J. Matthew; & Stanley N. Gundry, eds. Four Views on Eternal Security. Grand Rapids:

Zondervan, 2002. Purkiser, W. T. Security: The False and the True. Kansas City: Beacon Hill, 1956. Nazarene; denies

eternal security.Reynolds, R. Gene. Assurance: You Can Know You're a Christian. Wheaton: Tyndale House, 1988.Schreiner, Thomas R.; & Ardel B. Caneday. The Race Set Before Us: A Biblical Theology of

Perseverance and Assurance. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2001.Sellers, C. Norman. Election and Perseverance. Miami Springs, FL: Schoettle Publishing, 1987.

Response to Shank's book (below).Shank, Robert. Life in the Son: A Study of the Doctrine of Perseverance. Minneapolis: Bethany

House, 1989 reprint of 1961 work. Good exegetical studies by a former Baptist who now denies eternal security.

Stanley, Charles. Eternal Security: Can You Be Sure? Nashville: Nelson, 1990. Defends eternal security.

Stauffer, J. L. The Eternal Security Teaching. Scottdale, PA: Herald, 1949. Mennonite; denies eternal security.

Strombeck, J. G. Shall Never Perish: Eternal Security Examined. Chicago: Moody, 1966; reprint, Grand Rapids: Kregel. Defends eternal security.

Volf, Judith M. Gundry. Paul and Perseverance: Staying in and Falling Away? Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr, 1990.

Wakefield, Wesley H. The Bible Basis of Christian Security. Salem, OH: Schmul Publishing Co., reprint of 1957 Beacon Hill work. Wesleyan.

Yates, A. D. The Doctrine of Assurance. London: Epworth, 1952.