Soteriology

Soteriology is the doctrine of salvation — the study of how sinful creatures are reconciled to a holy God. Historic Christianity confesses a soteriology that is radically God-centered: salvation is the work of the Triune God from beginning to end. The Father elects a people in eternity past (Ephesians 1:4), the Son accomplishes their redemption in history (John 17:2), and the Spirit applies that redemption to each of the elect in time (Titus 3:5).

The Westminster Confession (chapters 3, 7, 10–18) and the 1689 London Baptist Confession develop this structure across predestination, covenant, calling, justification, adoption, sanctification, and perseverance — the ordo salutis. The Five Points of Calvinism summarize the Reformed reply to Arminian synergism, and the Five Solas express the Reformation's rule of salvation: grace alone, faith alone, Christ alone, to the glory of God alone.

These questions explore the nature of sin and the fall, the monergistic work of God in regenerating dead sinners, the covenantal structure that binds Old and New Testaments, and the believer's assurance and growth in Christ.