Perfect Theology Book

I love to think about God-how He works, what He's done, what He will do. But I learned a long time ago that while I give everything I have to Him and learn all I can about Him, some of what I believe is wrong.

Not intentionally, mind you, but as a result of how finite my mind is and how infinite He is.

It's a condition for which there is only one cure. Death. I'm good with waiting a while to know all the answers.:)

Until then, I'll love God fiercely and work to become more like Jesus in my heart, thoughts, and every action. I'll try to love everyone I meet with the love that Jesus gave to me, and pray that as my capacity to understand grows, God will share more of His wisdom with me.

Article In Christianity Today On Salvation

An article in Christianity Today this week has me wondering when the author sees salvation as occurring.

Jesus and the Sinner’s Prayer - What Jesus says doesn’t match what we usually say.

David P. Gushee

I suggest that we tend to confuse the beginning of the faith journey with its entirety. Yes, believe in Jesus—that's the first step. Yes, invite Jesus into your heart as your personal Savior. Then, empowered by God's grace, embark on the journey of discipleship, in which you seek to love God with every fiber of your being, to love your neighbor as yourself, to live out God's moral will, and to follow Jesus where he leads you, whatever the cost.

If Jesus is to be believed, inheriting eternal life involves a comprehensive divine assessment at every step along our journey, not just at its inception.

Mediocrity and hypocrisy characterize the lives of many avowed Christians, at least in part because of our default answer to the salvation question. Anyone can, and most Americans do, "believe" in Jesus rather than some alternative savior. Anyone can, and many Americans sometimes do, say a prayer asking Jesus to save them. But not many embark on a life fully devoted to the love of God, the love of neighbor, the moral practice of God's will, and radical, costly discipleship.

So my question is, then when are we saved? While I agree with the author that there is far too much easy believerism in our churches, I am not sure what his prescription would mean.