Beyond the Salvation Wars
Why Both Protestants and Catholics Must Reimagine How We Are Saved
by Matthew W. Bates
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Pub Date Mar 11 2025 | Archive Date Feb 28 2025
Baker Academic & Brazos Press | Brazos Press
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Description
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. A discussion guide with questions for classes and groups will be available.
Advance Praise
“It is easy to critique other people’s theologies, but are we also willing to carefully examine and critique our own? This book brings the central belief about the kingship of the crucified and risen Jesus to the center of the salvation wars, and it invites us to reconsider justification, works, baptism, election, and more. Bates is an equal opportunity offender, but all for the good purpose of turning us back to Scripture to reconsider the true gospel and our allegiance to the king.”—Nijay K. Gupta, Julius R. Mantey Professor of New Testament, Northern Seminary
“Matthew Bates offers a courageous proposal for a rapprochement between Catholics and Protestants on what it means to be saved. He looks for a way forward amid differences on election, baptism, justification, and assurance. A bold proposal for healing a rift in the church that is now nearly five hundred years old! At the very least, a great way to start conversations between Protestants and Catholics on finding a way forward toward unity.”—Michael F. Bird, deputy principal, Ridley College, Melbourne, Australia
“This discussion of King Jesus theology is a foundation for future disciple-making conversations. It is a bold theological proposal that challenges both Protestants and Catholics. It reflects the best current scholarship on the gospel, faith, baptism, and embodied obedience. I commend it as a must-read for scholars, Bible students, and disciple-making leaders.”—Bobby Harrington, pastor, author, and CEO of renew.org and discipleship.org
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781540961730 |
| PRICE | $21.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 288 |
