Matt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue their conversation about the Reformation doctrine of sola fide, or justification by “faith alone.”

Much of the conversation about this topic between Catholics and Reformed Christians, as well as the debate between Reformed Christians and other branches of Christianity, centers around the question of justification. What does it mean to be “justified,” according to Reformed theology? And is the way that the relationship between justification and sanctification, as articulated in the Reformed tradition, consistent with Scripture and the historical Christian teaching on the matter?