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Is Belief in Christ's Lordship Essential?
Exposition of the Doctrinal Dispute
The "Free Grace" View
The "Lordship Salvation" View
Analysis of the Issues
Unfinished Agenda
Sharpening of the Logic
Lowering of the Emotional Tone of the Rhetoric
Identification of the Requisites for Salvation
The most important and most precious Christian beliefs can become the subject of disagreement and debate. At various times in the history of the church different doctrines have come in for extensive and definitive discussion. In the fourth and fifth centuries it was the Trinity and the person of Christ; in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the atonement; in the sixteenth century, the nature of justification and the doctrine of the church; in the early and middle twentieth century, the doctrine of revelation. In the past decade, the lordship of Christ has been increasingly debated by evangelical theologians. This debate has far-reaching implications for our perspectives on regeneration, assurance of salvation, and sanctification. . .
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Millard Erickson
ProfessorMillard Erickson, Professor, is an ordained Baptist minister, Protestant Christian theologian, professor of theology, and author. Erickson was Distinguished Professor of Theology at Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon. He was Professor of Theology and academic dean at Bethel University seminary for many years. He also taught at Baylor University. He earned a B.A. from the University of Minnesota, a B.D. from Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, an M.A. from the University of Chicago, and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University. He has authored over 20 books including his well-known systematics work Christian Theology. Some of his other works include Truth or Consequences: The Promise & Perils of Postmodernism and Reclaiming The Center, A Basic Guide to Eschatology.
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Millard Erickson
ProfessorMillard Erickson, Professor, is an ordained Baptist minister, Protestant Christian theologian, professor of theology, and author. Erickson was Distinguished Professor of Theology at Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon. He was Professor of Theology and academic dean at Bethel University seminary for many years. He also taught at Baylor University. He earned a B.A. from the University of Minnesota, a B.D. from Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, an M.A. from the University of Chicago, and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University. He has authored over 20 books including his well-known systematics work Christian Theology. Some of his other works include Truth or Consequences: The Promise & Perils of Postmodernism and Reclaiming The Center, A Basic Guide to Eschatology.