Beyond the salvation wars : why both Protestants and Catholics must reimagine how we are saved / Matthew W. Bates.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bates, Matthew W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Protestant churches--Relations--Catholic Church.

Protestant churches.

Protestant churches--Doctrines.

Catholic Church--Relations--Protestant churches.

Catholic Church.

Catholic Church--Doctrines.

Physical Description:

298 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Michigan : BrazosPress, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2025]

Summary:

"Offering a radical rethinking of salvation, this book address controversial topics that have divided the church, such as baptism, election, regeneration, assurance, and justification, offering a new model that encourages Protestants and Catholics toward long-term unity"-- Provided by publisher.

"God has provided salvation, but when does it begin? What is required of us? Can we lose it? These and other disputed questions have divided Christians for centuries. Matthew W. Bates has already shown that the gospel is about King Jesus and that faith includes allegiance. In 'Beyond the salvation wars,' he unpacks additional truths from the Bible and the early church to describe how salvation happens. Bates offers a new model, encouraging Protestants and Catholics toward long-term unity. But his proposal contains strong medicine: it doesn't sugarcoat current Protestant and Catholic errors but diagnoses with precision for the future health of the church. By using accessible writing and stories, Bates shows what Scripture teaches about baptism, election, regeneration, assurance, and justification. A companion to his previous book, 'Gospel allegiance: what faith in Jesus misses for salvation in Christ,' this book will appeal to those who want to discover core truths about how we are saved--for their personal journey as well as for final Christian unity."-- Publisher's website, viewed on April 1, 2025.

Contents:

Introduction

Entering the combat zone

The more explicit Gospel

Right and wrong about the Gospel

Retooling the Protestant critique of Catholicism

Is baptism saving?

Why election and regeneration are false starts

Once saved, always saved?

Disrupting the order of salvation

Justification remodeled

Beyond the salvation wars.

Notes:

"Appendix: Guide for further conversation": pages 269-279.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-293) and index.

ISBN:

9781540961730

1540961737

9781587436567

1587436566

OCLC:

1443719092

Publisher Number:

90103256185