Category: Once Saved Always Saved

Article 1: Salvation, Not as a Legal Status, but as Restoration

What I’ve observed is when most people hear the word salvation—oddly enough—the first instinct is to think in terms of legality: “Am I saved?” “Have I done what I need to do?” “Can I do anything to earn it?” “Can I lose it?” This framework—so deeply embedded in modern Christianity—assumes salvation is a momentary judicial transaction: God pronounces a verdict, you’re stamped saved, and your…

Grace, Faith, and the Freedom to Choose: Rethinking Salvation Beyond the Debate

A Struggle Over Words “If you can lose your salvation, then you earned it.” “But if you can’t leave, then you never really had free will.” These aren’t just clever quips tossed around in a theological debate – they reflect two fundamentally different views of salvation, grace, and human responsibility. Often, the disagreement comes down to a struggle over words. What does it mean to…