Bücher von Mark Skillin

It has become clear that a minimalist gospel has taken hold of the evangelical church, a minimalist gospel that imagines a saving relationship with the biblical God can be had by affirming a few central doctrines. This book is devoted to exploring the reasons that lie behind evangelicalism's obsession with a minimalist gospel.

Evangelical Christianity has long been founded on the theological tradition of "justification by faith alone." This is the heart of the Protestant gospel. But how close is it to the Gospel revealed in Scripture? In Saved by Faithfulness, Mark Skillin highlights the interpretational problems that emerge when one holds to a faith alone paradigm. He talks about the importance of the concept of covenant in Scripture, and demonstrates through a survey of the biblical covenants that God has always placed faith and obedience in very close relationship to each other as necessary for the salvation of His people. Saved by Faithfulness challenges centuries of Scriptural interpretation and consequent church practice which have enshrined a distorted gospel, with far reaching consequences for the church. It is a call to return to faithful biblical interpretation and faithful Christian lives.