Grace Alone, Salvation as a Gift of God by Carl Trueman and published by Zondervan.
Historians and theologians alike have long recognized that at the heart of the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation were the five solas: sola scriptura, solus Christus, sola gratia, sola fide, and soli Deo gloria. These five solas do not merely summarize what the Reformation was all about but have served to distinguish Protestantism ever since. They set Protestants apart in a unique way as those who place ultimate and final authority in the Scriptures, acknowledge the work of Christ alone as sufficient for redemption, recognize that salvation is by grace alone through faith alone, and seek to not only give God all of the glory but to do all things vocationally for his glory.
Examining the doctrine of salvation by grace alone, Trueman follows its development, beginning in the early church through the Reformation to the Protestant confessions that still shape present beliefs. He also explores the receiving of God's grace through the fellowship of believers, the sacraments, and God's Word; and how to recover sola gratia amid contemporary challenges.
