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BTGE 3765: Theology 2

Soteriology - Recommended Books for Research Paper

Cost of Salvation

a. What is the ransom view of the atonement?
b. What is the penal-substitutionary view of the atonement?

Extent of Salvation

c. For whom did Christ die?

Timing of Salvation

d. In what order does salvation happen?
e. Is it best to say we “have been saved” or “are being saved” or “we will be saved”?

Gift of Salvation

f. Does James disagree with sola fide in James chapter 2?
g. What is justification?
h. How is theological adoption like earthly adoption? Different?

Assurance of Salvation

i. Can Christians reach sinless existence in this life?
j. Can we lose our salvation?

Lack of Salvation

k. What happens to those who never hear the gospel?

Change of Salvation

l. Is repentance required for salvation?

Systems of Salvation

m.What is Calvinism?
n. What is Arminianism?

Cost of Salvation

The Atonement by William Lane Craig
Call #: eBook (unlimited # of users)
Especially chapter 2.1 & 2.4
Atonement Theories: A Way Through the Maze by Ben Pugh
Call #: eBook (unlimited # of users)
Especially chapter 1
Christ Alone - the Uniqueness of Jesus As Savior: What the Reformers Taught... and Why It Still Matters by Stephen Wellum
Call #: MAIN 232 W456C
Especially chapters 7 & 8
Defending Substitution: An Essay on Atonement in Paul by Simon Gathercole
Call #: RESERVE-SERVICE DESK 232.3 G259D
Especially Introduction

Exploring Christian Heritage: A Reader in History and Theology by C. Douglas Weaver, Rady Roldán-Figueroa, & Brandon Frick, eds.
Call #: MAIN 270 E96
Especially chapter 13
The Mosaic of Atonement: An Integrated Approach to Christ's Work by Joshua M. McNall
Call #: RESERVE-SERVICE DESK 234.5 M168M
Especially Part 2 or 3
Triune Atonement: Christ's Healing for Sinners, Victims, and the Whole Creation by Andrew Sung Park
Call #: MAIN 232.41 P235T
Especially Part 1

Extent of Salvation

For the Elect

Calvin on the Death of Christ: A Word for the World by Paul A. Hartog
Call #: MAIN 230.42 H334C
Especially chapter 3
Calvin and the Reformed Tradition: On the Work of Christ and the Order of Salvation by Richard A. Muller
Call #: MAIN 232 M958C
Especially chapter 3
Five Points: Towards a Deeper Experience of God's Grace by John Piper
Call #: eBook (unlimited # of users)
Especially chapter 5

For All

Against Calvinism by Roger E. Olson
Call #: MAIN 230.42 O52A
Especially chapter 6
Grace for All: The Arminian Dynamics of Salvation by Clark H. Pinnock & John D. Wagner, eds.
Call #: eBook (unlimited # of users)
Especially chapter 4
The History and Theology of Calvinism by Curt Daniel
Call #: MAIN 284.209 D184H
Especially chapters 52-54

Timing of Salvation

Salvation - Past, Present, & Future

40 Questions about Salvation by Matthew Barrett
Call #: MAIN 234 B274F
Especially chapters 29 & 40
Foundations of the Christian Faith: A Resource for Catechesis and Disciple-Making by Timothy Tennent
Call #: eBook (unlimited # of users)
Especially Questions 18-20
Making Sense of Salvation: One of Seven Parts from Grudem's Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem
Call #: MAIN 234 G885M
Especially chapters 7, 9, & 13
One with Christ: An Evangelical Theology of Salvation by Marcus Peter Johnson
Call #: eBook (unlimited # of users)
Especially chapters 3, 4, & 6
Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Christian Belief. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2013 by John M. Frame
Call #: MAIN 230 F813S
Especially chapters 42-45

Order of Salvation

40 Questions about Salvation by Matthew Barrett
Call #: MAIN 234 B274F
Especially chapter 7
Evangelical Theology: A Biblical and Systematic Introduction by Michael F. Bird
Call #: MAIN 230.04624 B618E
Especially chapter 5.3
The History and Theology of Calvinism by Curt Daniel
Call #: MAIN 284.209 D184H
Especially chapter 55
Reformed Dogmatics: Abridged in One Volume by Herman Bavinck (John Bolt, ed.)
Call #: RESERVE-SERVICE DESK 230.42 B354G2
Especially chapter 17
Sons in the Son: The Riches and Reach of Adoption in Christ by David B. Garner
Call #: MAIN 234 G234S
Especially chapter 8

Gift of Salvation

Faith Alone (sola fide) & James

James (Baker Exegetical Commentary On The New Testament) by Dan G. McCartney
Call #: REF 227.91 M123J (also eBook-limited to 1 user at a time)
Especially Part 2
James (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament) by Craig Blomberg
Call #: MAIN 227.91 B653J
Especially chapter 5
The Letter of James (The Pillar New Testament Commentary) by Douglas J. Moo
Call #: MAIN 227.91 M817L2
Especially IIB in Outline
The Letter of James (The New International Commentary on the New Testament) by Scot McKnight
Call #: MAIN 227.91 M159L
Especially chapter 5

Justification & Adoption

40 Questions about Salvation by Matthew Barrett
Call #: MAIN 234 B274F
Especially chapters 26 & 27
50 Core Truths of the Christian Faith: A Guide to Understanding and Teaching Theology by Gregg R. Allison
Call #: MAIN 230 A438F
Especially chapters 30 & 31
Basics of the Faith: An Evangelical Introduction to Christian Doctrine by Carl F. H. Henry, ed.
Call #: MAIN 230 B311 (also eBook-unlimited # of users)
Especially chapters 32 & 33
One with Christ: An Evangelical Theology of Salvation by Marcus Peter Johnson
Call #: eBook (unlimited # of users)
Especially chapters 3 & 5

Assurance of Salvation

Christian Perfection

The Indwelling Life of Christ: All of Him in All of Me by Ian Thomas
Call #: MAIN 248.4 T463I
Especially chapter 43
The Reformation to the Modern Church: A Reader in Christian Theology by Keith D. Stanglin, ed.
Call #: MAIN 230 R332
Especially chapter 7.76
A Theology of the Christian Life: Imitating and Participating in God by Christopher R. J. Holmes
Call #: MAIN 248.4 H749T
Especially chapter 3
A Theology of Love: The Dynamic of Wesleyanism, 2nd ed.
Call #: eBook (ulimited # of users)
Especially chapter XIV

Losing Our Salvation

Four Views on Eternal Security by J. Matthew Pinson
Call #: MAIN 234 F773
Especially chapter 1 or 4
The Unsaved Christian: Reaching Cultural Christians with the Gospel by Dean Inserra
Call #: MAIN 269.2 I59U
Especially chapter 6
Stop Asking Jesus into Your Heart: How to Know for Sure You Are Saved by J. D. Greear
Call #: MAIN 234 G793S
Especially chapters 2 & 6 - also Appendix 2

Lack of Salvation

40 Questions about Heaven and Hell by Alan W. Gomes
Call #: MAIN 236.2 G633F
Especially chapters 8, 30, 31, & 32
Erasing Hell: What God Said about Eternity, and the Things We've Made Up by Francis Chan; Preston M. Sprinkle
Call #: MAIN 236.2 C454E (also available as Book entitled The Francis Chan Collection)
Especially chapters 2, 3, & 4
Hell Is Real (But I Hate to Admit It) by Brian Jones
Call #: MAIN 236.25 J76H
Especially chapters 1 & 2
Is Hell for Real or Does Everyone Go to Heaven? by Christopher W. Morgan & Robert A. Peterson, eds.
Call #: MAIN 236.2 I73
Especially chapters 1 & 2

Change of Salvation

Making Sense of Salvation: One of Seven Parts from Grudem's Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem
Call #: MAIN 234 G885M
Especially chapter 6
Recovering the Real Lost Gospel: Reclaiming the Gospel As Good News by Darrell L. Bock
Call #: MAIN 234 B665R
Especially chapter 6

Systems of Salvation - Calvinism & Arminianism

40 Questions about Arminianism by J. Matthew Pinson
Call #: MAIN 284.9 P658F
Especially Part 1, Section A
After Arminius: A Historical Introduction to Arminian Theology by Thomas H. McCall & Keith D. Stanglin
Call #: eBook (unlimited # of users)
Especially chapter 1
Calvinism: a Very Short Introduction by Jon Balserak
Call #: eBook (unlimited # of users)
Especially chapter 1
Chosen but Free: A Balanced View of God's Sovereignty and Free Will by Norman L. Geisler
Call #: MAIN 234.9 G313C2
Especially chapter 8
Debating Calvinism: Five Points, Two Views by Dave Hunt & James White
Call #: MAIN 230.42 H939D
Especially Introduction
For Calvinism by Michael S. Horton
Call #: MAIN 230.42 H823F
Especially chapter 1
Reflections of a Disenchanted Calvinist: Beyond the Reformed and Wesleyan Divide by Ronnie W. Rogers
Call #: MAIN 230.49 R311
Especially Introduction
Why I Am Not an Arminian by Robert A. Peterson; Michael D. Williams
Call #: MAIN 230.49 P485W
Especially Introduction