Justification By Death Alone?

“The prevailing doctrine of justification today is not justification by faith alone. It’s not even justification by good works or by a combination of faith and works. The prevailing notion of justification in Western culture is justification by death. It’s assumed that all one has to do to be received in to the everlasting arms of God is to die.” -R.C. Sproul (The Cross of Christ, 10)