Getting Saved: The Whole Story of Salvation in the New Testament

by Charles H. Talbert, Jason A. Whitlark

Innovative excursion into New Testament teaching on the earthly life of faith: In this book Charles H. Talbert and Jason A. Whitlark, together with Andrew E. Arterbury, Clifford A. Barbarick, Scott J. Hafemann, and Michael W. Martin, address such questions about God's role in the Christian's life. Through careful, consistent exegesis of relevant New Testament texts, they show that "getting saved" involves both God's forgiveness and God's enablement to obey--or "new covenant piety"--from initial conversion to eschatological salvation.

336 pages, Paperback

First published October 28, 2011

Reviews

[Richard Fitzgerald · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are some really good things in Getting "Saved." However, the collection of papers exegeting New Testament books to show a consistent theology of soteriology has mixed results. The interpretive work of some authors relies too much on extra-canonical pieces that seem to have little relevance. A couple (e.g., the last chapter exegeting Revelation) probably were too thin in their use of citations. The overall result was a moderately convincing conclusion that the New Testament has a coherent grace-driven soteriology that doesn't downplay the importance of behavior. Of course, this is something a surface reading would have indicated, lessening the overall significance of this work.