Salvation

This post is the introduction to a series of posts I am going to write on the topic of Salvation. This post will outline some of the questions that I am hoping to explore in the series.

Why do we need to be saved? Some people think that a Christian understanding of salvation is just a way to make people feel guilty. They think that the church uses the concept of salvation as a way of controlling people and keeping them in line. So is there a need to be saved or is it just a tool for controlling people?

Who saves? When talking about salvation Christians are usually very Christ-centric. But we worship a triune God. How do the Father and the Spirit act in salvation? Is salvation only available to those people who lived after Christ? Is salvation through Christ the only way that God's salvation operates?

Who can be saved? Some say that if God is all knowing and all powerful then he either chooses who will be saved, or knows in advance who will be saved. But if this is so then how do we have free will?

What are we saved from? Talk to most people on the street and they wouldn't be able to tell you what the word 'sin' means. Are we saved from sin? What about being saved from infirmities? What about being saved from ourselves?

What are we saved to? If a drowning man is 'saved' he is pulled to the shore or into a boat. What about the Christian, what are we saved to? Is it temporary or longer lasting?

What misconceptions do we have about salvation?

Feel free to post some questions you have about salvation and we will see if we can't explore them together.

What I read today:

Thoughts on yesterday's bridge tragedy

Totally tolerant, up to a point