Anyone Can Be Saved: A Defense of “Traditional” Southern Baptist Soteriology
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Overview
Anyone Can Be Saved articulates a biblical-theological explanation of the doctrine of salvation in light of the rise of Calvinistic theology among Southern Baptist churches in the United States. Ten scholars, pastors, and leaders advocate for the ten articles of the Traditional Statement by appealing to Scripture, the Baptist Faith and Message, and a variety of biblical, theological, and philosophical writings.
Although many books address the doctrine of salvation, these authors consciously set aside the Calvinist-Arminian presuppositions that have framed this discussion in western theology for centuries. The contributors are unified in their conviction that any person who hears the gospel can be saved, a view that was found among earlier Baptists as well as other Christian groups today. This book is not meant to be the final word on Southern Baptist soteriology, but is offered as a peaceable contribution to the wider conversation on the doctrine of salvation.
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- Explains that any person who hears the gospel can be saved.
- Offers wider conversation on the doctrine of salvation.
- Argues Jesus saves all that repent and believe the gospel.
Top Highlights
“The gospel is not the gospel if it is not for everyone.” (source)
“Traditional Southern Baptist soteriology is grounded in the conviction that every person can and must be saved by a personal and free decision to respond to the gospel by trusting in Christ Jesus alone as Savior and Lord.” (source)
“God meant for the gospel of Jesus Christ to be good news for everyone; God meant for it to be bad news for no one.” (source)
“When the choice of individuals is raised in the Scriptures, it always refers to God’s activity through that individual to bring about his purposes for maximum salvation.” (source)
“And we are persuaded by the words of the Bible to reject inherited guilt in favor of inherited sinful nature.” (source)
Anyone Can Be Saved critically underscores the world’s mission efforts. This book shows why God’s sovereignty is left unaffected by the doctrine of the freedom of man and establishes the regeneration of the sinner as a result of repentance and faith. David Allen’s chapter, ‘The Atonement of Christ,’ is again, in my estimation, an unanswerable argument for anybody who takes the Great Commission as a serious mandate from God. This book is essential reading.
--Paige Patterson, President, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, TX
At last a scholarly treatise of soteriology that clearly defines salvation as held and believed by the vast majority of Southern Baptists. I am so grateful that all are savable. I will keep this book close in order to pass it on to lots of seekers of truth. Thank God, Jesus saves all that repent and believe the gospel.
--Johnny Hunt, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Woodstock GA; Former President, Southern Baptist Convention
American Evangelicals have long required a presentation of personal salvation regulated neither by dogmatic Calvinism nor its venerable combatant Arminianism. However, this requisite system must also be permanently grounded in Scripture while manifesting roots in Christian history, philosophy, and experience. Anyone Can Be Saved dares and succeeds in explicating a traditional Baptist soteriology that offers all Evangelicals just such a thoughtful, worshipful, and fruitful way forward. Highly recommended
--Malcolm B. Yarnell III, Author of God the Trinity; Research Professor of Systematic Theology, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Title: Anyone Can Be Saved: A Defense of “Traditional” Southern Baptist Soteriology
- Authors: David L. Allen, Eric Hankins, Adam Harwood
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: 2016
- Logos Release Date: 2016
- Era: era:contemprary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subjects: 1800-1899; Salvation › Baptists; Salvation › Christianity--History of doctrines; Salvation › Christianity--History of doctrines--19th century; Southern Baptist Convention; Southern Baptist Convention Doctrines; Theology, Doctrinal
- ISBNs: 9781498285162, 9781498285155, 9781498287074, 1498285163, 1498285155, 1498287077
- Resource ID: LLS:9781498285162
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-06T20:45:14Z