About this episode

Philip Hess critiques the reformers' views of soteriology and discusses their compromises with the teachings of Jesus.

March 14, 2026 Strength to Strength welcomed Philip Hess to critique the reformer’s views of soteriology. Did the Protestant Reformers restore the true Apostolic doctrine to the church? Or did they fall short of this goal? Join us as we talk about how the Reformation teaching of “faith alone” did not represent the New Testament’s picture of faith. To support “faith alone”, the Reformers had to promote forensic justification and monergism. Their alliance with the state church kept them from understanding the New Testament vision for the church as a body of the faithful, and led them to make all kinds of compromises with the teachings of Jesus. In this talk, we will discuss “How the Reformers slipped in Soteriology”. An interactive question-and-answer period follows. https://strengthtostrength.org/sacred-roots-how-the-reformers-slipped-in-soteriology/

People in this episode

Host: Strength to Strength

Guest: Philip Hess

Topics covered

• soteriology
• Protestant Reformers
• faith alone
• forensic justification
• monergism
• New Testament
• church

Keywords

• soteriology
• Protestant Reformers
• faith alone
• forensic justification
• monergism
• New Testament
• church
• Reformation
• doctrine
• compromise

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Sacred Roots: How the Reformers Slipped in Soteriology

More episodes of Strength to Strength

• S2S Author Interview: "Conflict Arraigned" by Ryan Martin · April 25, 2026 · 1h 2m
• "The Kingdom in Context of the Whole Scripture" by Paul Lamicela · April 17, 2026 · 1h 24m
• "Walk the Talk #9: Spotlight on Kingdom Work" by four brothers · April 3, 2026 · 1h 33m
• S2S Sisters: "The Power of Love: Evangelism" by Faith Zook · March 14, 2026 · 1h 2m
• "Sacred Roots: Separation—a Swiss Brethren Article of Faith" by Edsel Burdge · March 7, 2026 · 1h 25m
• "Sacred Roots: Faith at the Stake: Michael Sattler and the Cost of Discipleship" by Finny Kuruvilla · February 19, 2026 · 1h 17m

Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Strength to Strength podcast page.