"Sacred Roots: How the Reformers Slipped in Soteriology" by Philip Hess

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/