sentence: Piper believes in justification by faith alone apart from good works.
sentences_after: His teachings talk about the need for the Christian to have faith, sanctification, as this is evidence of God's saving grace. Piper says that someone who says they are a Christian, but does not act Christian, shows that they were never a true believer.
concept_name: piper
headings: John Piper (theologian) Beliefs Salvation
categories: 1946 births Living people Calvinists Writers from Tennessee Writers from South Carolina People from Chattanooga, Tennessee