Gospel Clarity: Challenging the New Perspective on Paul

In recent years, the New Perspective on Paul' has become a hot topic of conversation within the evangelical church. What is the New Perspective? Is it an important issue for the church's reflection? What should evangelicals think about it? We may be grateful to Drs. Barcley and Duncan for providing a sure guide to navigating the often challenging waters of the New Perspective. This fine book provides the reader new to these discussions with a fair-minded overview and engagement of the New Perspective. Readers already familiar with the New Perspective will find much biblical and theological food for thought in this volume. If you are looking for a recent and Reformed response to the New Perspective, this is the book for you.'

We are indebted to Barcley and Duncan for providing a clear, understandable and accessible explanation and critique of the NPP.'

Bill Barcley and Ligon Duncan combine biblical scholarship and pastoral skill in addressing one of the crucial issues of our time - the doctrine of justification. With enviable clarity and precision, this book adds to growing number of titles addressing the "new perspective(s) on Paul." At stake is the understanding of the gospel itself. This is the finest summary available of the core issues and a welcome confirmation of the "old" perspective. Gospel-driven churches should make this book a special study.'

Barcley and Duncan remind us that the fundamental need of sinners is to be reconciled with God, and that our only hope for such a right-standing with God is the righteousness of Jesus Christ. The new perspective on Paul misunderstands the meaning of justification and fails to see its centrality. Barcley and Duncan in this lucid work provide a clear exposition of the gospel and a needed corrective to the new perspective on Paul.'