Faith Comes by Hearing: A Response to Inclusivism
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
What about those who have never heard?
The debate swirls and feelings run deep. What is the fate of the unevangelized? The traditional position--that apart from an explicit faith in Jesus no one is saved--seems to have fallen out of favor with many evangelicals. Here is a passionate but irenic response to the arguments of those who believe that the unevangelized can (or might) be saved apart from knowledge of Jesus Christ.
Building on the insights of others, nine scholars introduce readers, even those with little background, to the ongoing discussion. Key questions--Is general revelation sufficient? Are other religions salvific? Do holy pagans exist? Must faith be explicit? Is exclusivism unjust?--are probed and answered from a biblical, theological and historical perspective.
The book’s positive thrust is summed up by editors Robert Peterson and Christopher Morgan: “God is passionately engaged in gathering people to know, love and worship him from every tribe, language, people and nation. And he has called us to join him on this mission.”
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- Exposes arguments of those who believe that the unevangelized can (or might) be saved.
- Gives Christians who want to seriously examine the biblical issues for themselves.
- Deals respectfully with the different views of the subject.
Meticulously crisscrossing the arena of recent evangelical debate, these essays make a compelling case against Christian hypotheses of salvation for some apart from faith in Christ. This is the book against which self-styled inclusivists will henceforth have to argue.
--J. I. Packer, Regent College
Is personal faith in Jesus Christ the only way of salvation, and what does this mean for this mission of the church in the twenty-first century? No two questions are more urgent on the evangelical agenda today, and this book deals honestly and forthrightly with both of them. A superb collection of essays reflecting biblical wisdom and churchly theology in the service of the gospel.
--Timothy George, founding dean, Beeson Divinity School, Samford University, and senior editor, Christianity Today
For those who are more interested in faithful alignment with what Scripture says than in sentimentality on this extraordinarily challenging subject, this is now the book to read. Courteous in tone yet thoroughly engaged with those who take contrary positions, the contributors lead us with exegetical care, theological poise and pastoral sensitivity through a thicket of common objections. I warmly recommend this book.
--D. A. Carson, Research Professor of New Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
- Title: Faith Comes by Hearing: A Response to Inclusivism
- Authors: Christopher W. Morgan, Robert A. Peterson
- Publishers: IVP Academic, Apollos
- Print Publication Date: 2008
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Pages: 270
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subjects: Assurance (Theology); Salvation › Christianity; Christianity and other religions; Salvation outside the church; Religious tolerance › Christianity
- ISBNs: 9781844742523, 1844742520
- Resource ID: LLS:FTHCMSRSNCLSVSM
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-08-08T16:30:37Z