Victor Kuligin

The Language of Salvation

Discovering the Riches of What It Means to Be Saved

Foreword by

Robert W. Yarbrough

The Language of Salvation: Discovering the Riches of What It Means to Be Saved

© 2015 by Victor Kuligin

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Print ISBN 9781683591689

Digital ISBN 9781683591696

Cover: LUCAS Art & Design

Editing: Paul J. Brinkerhoff

I dedicate this book to my grandfather, Rev. Philip R. LiCalzi,

Baptist minister and itinerant evangelist for over fifty years,

who taught me what it means to be a tireless disciple of Jesus.

Contents

Foreword by Robert W. Yarbrough

Preface

Acknowledgments

1 The Language of Biology: Regeneration

From Death to Life

2 The Language of the Courtroom: Justification

From Guilt to Acquittal

3 The Language of the Family: Adoption

From Rejection to Acceptance

4 The Language of the Marketplace: Redemption

From Bondage to Liberation

5 The Language of Politics: Citizenship

From Satan’s Kingdom to God’s Kingdom

6 The Language of the Temple: Atonement

From Retribution to Propitiation

7 The Language of Diplomacy: Reconciliation

From Enmity to Friendship

8 The Language of Astronomy: Illumination

From Darkness to Light

9 The Language of Industry: Sanctification

From Impurity to Purity

10 The Language of Agriculture: Fruitfulness

From Barrenness to Productivity...