Salvation is a well-worn Christian
term. We think we know what it means.
But biblically speaking, salvation is
one of those big terms that encircles a
number of others, each of them
reflecting a stunning facet of God's
grace in Jesus Christ.
Philip Ryken has chosen nineteen
biblical passages that take us deeper
into the biblical teaching on
salvation. The centerpiece of each
passage has a familiar ring: election,
deliverance, redemption, expiation,
reconciliation, regeneration,
justification, adoption, sanctification
and glorification. But each facet
directs us by turns to a glory far
exceeding itself.
If this world is indeed lost, then
understanding and proclaiming the
grammar of God's gracious salvation
exceeds by bounds the significance of a
Human Genome Project or any other great
human endeavor. A passion for the
grandness of God's work shows through
as Philip Ryken illuminates the
contours of the message of salvation.