Saved by GraceA comprehensive, dynamic, and eminently practical presentation of the biblical teaching on salvation. In discussing the facets of the working out of salvation -- the role of the Spirit, union with Christ, the gospel call, regeneration, conversion, repentance, and so on -- Hoekema does away with the classical ordo salutis ("order of salvation") by viewing these facets largely as simultaneous aspects in the process of salvation rather than sequential steps on the way to salvation. |
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Awesome study of salvation
User Review - Justin - Christianbook.comCouldn't put it down once I started reading it. This is my favorite book on soteriology. Kinda tough sledding, but in my opinion, Hoekema makes difficult topics pretty easy to understand, especially compared to other theologians/teachers of his caliber. You will profit from reading this. Read full review
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User Review - Greg Baughman - GoodreadsA contemporary classic on reformed soteriology. I appreciated his affirmation that the ordo is a logical construct which has its place, but it is best to see each aspect as a part of the whole that ... Read full review
Contents
| 3 | |
| 11 | |
| 28 | |
Union With Christ | 54 |
The Gospel Call | 68 |
Effectual Calling | 80 |
Regeneration | 93 |
Conversion | 113 |
Faith | 132 |
Justification | 152 |
Sanctification | 192 |
The Perseverance of True Believers | 234 |
Bibliography | 257 |
Index of Subjects | 265 |
Index of Proper Names | 268 |
Index of Scriptures | 271 |
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Page 194 - We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
Page 62 - Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
Page 207 - So then, brethren, we are debtors not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh - for if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live.
Page 26 - My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Page 160 - Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, based on law, but that which is through faith in Christ...
Page 204 - But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions — it is by grace you have been saved.
Page 63 - For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Page 88 - ALL, those whom God hath predestinated unto life, and those only, he is pleased in his appointed and accepted time, effectually to call by his word and Spirit, out of that state of sin and death in which they are by nature, to grace and salvation by Jesus Christ...
Page 191 - MY hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus' blood and righteousness ; I dare not trust the sweetest frame, But wholly lean on Jesus
Page 23 - And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat : for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Saved by Grace |
| Author | Anthony A. Hoekema |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1994 |
| ISBN | 0802808573, 9780802808578 |
| Length | 291 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Christian Theology / Soteriology Religion / Inspirational |
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