The doctrine of imputation is the ground in which salvation is rooted It is often seen as superfluous or splitting hairs & yet without it redemption automatically becomes reliant on our own works & assurance of salvation is suddenly not so sure J V Fesko works through this doctrine looking at its long history in the church its exegetical foundation & its dogmatic formulation In exploring imputed guilt from the First Adam alongside the imputed righteousness from the Second this volume offers a helpfully well-rounded explanation of the doctrine