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Glorification chapter is solod and uneventful. Why is there no conclusing synthesis? Why is there no historical survey in glorification?

Best application section in the whole book. So comforting.

Next section on glorification has no survey of views? Michael Vlach would be displeased

Section on peverance continues to impress.

Takes the "warning sign" view, with regenerate Jews as the audience on Heb 6, 10. Doesnt deal with the full context in Heb 6, but makes a good case nonetheless. Either way, Berhouker is righ on the purpose of warnings (Faith and Perseverance, 119-120)

Barth manages to sneak into the Reformed category this time.

Nice summary of the views on perseverance. Might have been good to address the "no-lordship" crew

The practical section on sanctification has some good stuff

Section on the law is great on use of the law, bad on Jesus's "reinterpretation"(!?) of the law

Interesting take on be "teleoi" commands and loving with "all" your heart

Really good on supposed "second blessings" in Acts. Some good stuff on progressive sanctification, less so on positional.

Suggeting that moral holiness is a minor theme based on word study in the OT is not great. . . Unless you're willing to go far enough to suggest we may be misunderstanding the word in the NT (Gotta read Peterson at some point)

Excellent on Justification here

Includes a section on active obedience as one ground for justification

There's a lot more overlap between Catholic and (formally) Arminian views of justification than I realized. No way the average Arminian is running around saying that, though.

Strong quotes describing the ignorance of theological liberalism and fallacy of "self-forgiveness".

Like the quote on the background of justification. Doesnt mentioned Christ's life, perhaps signalling his view on "the imputation of active obedience."

Applications for union and unity + union and Christian mysticism are strong. See Owen or Kapic or Ferguson or Calvin (?) on union and communion

Applications on Christian unity and Christian mysticism both very strong. See Kapic (and Owen and Ferguson) on union and communion.

Might want to have his cake and eat it to woth some of the relations between union witn Christ and others parts of salvation. I guess he distinguishes his view from the Reformed bc his does not involve a covenant of grace. But it implicitly relies on the NC. And doesnt account for some OT salvific realities (again).

That said, his case against OT union with Christ is compelling.

Great stuff on John 6! And the temple to indeelling connection. Interesting that he asserts spirit baptism as the means of union. I wonder where faith fits in, if at all.

I think I need to read Strong's systematic. Or at least his soteriology section. . .

On to Union with Christ. If the Reformed view is distonguished by covenant union as Demarest suggests, then I suppose I dont hold it. But his summary of Hoekema's view seems like what I believe (except maybe about the instrumental cause of union).

Some really helpful quotes on the necessity and effects of regeneration. Ultimately, does not engage major Reformed voices on the ordo question. You wouldnt know his view was different from the typical Reformed position if he hadnt said something up front. Not a chapter I'd recommend on the topic.

Unconvincing arguments against OT regeneration confuse anointing and indwelling with regeneration. They also miss the nature of the differences between the MC and NC