Soteria | Salvation

How can Imperfect People Impress a Perfect God? [started]

Arguably the most important dilemma we face in life. If God is absolutely perfectly holy and his kingdom and paradise are perfectly pure and we humans are morally imperfect, what can be done about the problem?

Only Bad People Go to Heaven [idea]

Most people think that you have to be good to go to Heaven. This rethink attempts to turn that assumption on its head and substantiate it from a biblical standpoint.

The Salvation Equation [started]

Salvation is often oversimplified. This attempts to look at all its parts as they fit into the whole. It attempts to see salvation in its complexity but still retaining its simplicity. Explores the relationship between parts like faith, grace, works, predestination, repentance, etc.

What is Faith? [multi-chapter; started]

The faith through which we are saved is multi-faceted and robust.

The Greatest Commandment and the Gospel [first draft basically complete]

Rethinking Jesus Use of “The Greatest Commandment(s)” in Mark 12, Matthew 19, Matthew 22, Luke 10, and John 6. Do we earn the right to enter into God’s kingdom and into eternal life by obeying the commands to love God and love people?

What is Grace? [idea]

The grace by which we are saved is often poorly understood thing.

What is the Gospel? [idea]

What is the Bad News? What is the Good News? Are there multiple gospels? The bloody gospel? The gospel of grace? The gospel of the kingdom? another gospel? “I desire mercy, not sacrifice.”

Who Was Jesus? [idea]

What about those who have never heard? [idea]