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Jesus Creed 2017 Book of the Year One of the Best Books of 2017,
Englewood Review of Books We are saved by faith when we trust that
Jesus died for our sins. This is the gospel, or so we are taught.
But what is faith? And does this accurately summarize the gospel?
Because faith is frequently misunderstood and the climax of the
gospel misidentified, the gospel's full power remains untapped.
While offering a fresh proposal for what faith means within a
biblical theology of salvation, Matthew Bates presses the church
toward a new precision: we are saved solely by allegiance to Jesus
the king. Instead of faith alone, Christians must speak about
salvation by allegiance alone. The book includes discussion
questions for students, pastors, and church groups and a foreword
by Scot McKnight.
Is faith in Jesus enough for salvation? Perhaps, says Matthew
Bates, but we're missing pieces of the gospel. The biblical gospel
can never change. Yet our understanding of the gospel must change.
The church needs an allegiance shift. Popular pastoral resources on
the gospel are causing widespread confusion. Bates shows that the
biblical gospel is different, fuller, and more beautiful than we
have been led to believe. He explains that saving faith doesn't
come through trust in Jesus's death on the cross alone but through
allegiance to Christ the king. There is only one true gospel and
one required response: allegiance. Bates ignited conversation with
his successful and influential book Salvation by Allegiance Alone.
Here he goes deeper while making his acclaimed teaching on
salvation more accessible and experiential for believers who want
to better understand and share the gospel. Gospel Allegiance
includes a guide for further conversation, making it ideal for
church groups, pastors, leaders, and students.
Against the prevailing models for understanding the Apostle Paul's
interpretation and use of scripture, Matthew Bates proposes a fresh
approach toward developing a Pauline hermeneutic. He combines
historical criticism with an intertextual strategy that takes
seriously the work of the early church fathers, and in so doing
fills a void in current scholarship. Bates applies his method to
both oft-referenced and underutilized passages in the writings of
Paul and suggests a new model for Pauline hermeneutics that is
centered on the apostolic proclamation of Christ.
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