Beyond the Salvation Wars, Matthew W. Bates
Beyond the Salvation Wars, Matthew W. Bates
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Beyond the Salvation Wars
Why Both Protestants and Catholics Must Reimagine How We Are Saved

Author: Matthew W. Bates

Narrator: William Sarris

Unabridged: 10 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/11/2025

Synopsis

God has provided salvation, but when does it begin? What is required of us? Can we lose it? These and other disputed questions have divided Christians for centuries. Matthew W. Bates has already shown that the gospel is about King Jesus and that faith includes allegiance. In Beyond the Salvation Wars, he unpacks additional truths from the Bible and the early church to describe how salvation happens.

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by William on March 11, 2025

Matthew Bates does it again! Beyond The Salvation Wars: Why Both Protestants and Catholics Must Reimagine How We Are Saved is a welcomed addition to Bates’s collection of vitally important work for the church and the Kingdom. In a very practical and approachable way, Bates unpacks some of the most d......more

Goodreads review by Jared on April 16, 2025

I enjoyed reading this and I've been intending to write a proper review for it. But because life has been really busy and hectic lately, I've decided to simply highlight my areas of agreement and disagreement in bullet-point form. The Good: -I appreciate Bates's ecumenical spirit, and his active purs......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on May 14, 2025

Thorough, challenging critique of both Catholic and Protestant dogma. The Gospel Allegiance model is a significant step in the right direction!......more

Goodreads review by Jake on April 20, 2025

A very thought-provoking read. Bates makes the case that both Protestants and Catholics have in some way missed the center of the gospel. Protestants have centered justification by faith alone as the gospel rather than a saving benefit. Catholics have overemphasized the sacrament of baptism as salvi......more

Goodreads review by Adam on May 09, 2025

I think that one must read at least one of Bates' previous books on Gospel Allegiance to appreciate this volume (and seriously, read and understand that theological paradigm: "Faith in the Gospel" makes so much more sense when understood as "Allegiance to Jesus the King"). While I agree with most (p......more

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