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A comprehensive, dynamic, and eminently practical presentation of the biblical teaching on salvation. In discussing the facets of the working out of salvation—the role of the Spirit, union with Christ, the gospel call, regeneration, conversion, repentance, and so on—Hoekema does away with the classical ordo salutis (“order of salvation”) by viewing these facets largely as simultaneous aspects in...

h = throne or control center E = ego or finite self • = various interests in the life † = Christ is either: 1. outside the life 2. in the life and on throne 3. in life but off throne26 This teaching about the “carnal Christian,” however, must be rejected, because it describes a type of Christian the Bible nowhere recognizes. To be sure, Paul admits that there are Christians who are “mere infants in Christ” (1 Cor. 3:1), and the author of Hebrews writes about believers who must “leave
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