Definition
Saving faith is faith that not only knows and comprehends the facts about the gospel of Jesus Christ but also trusts in the person and work of Jesus Christ alone for salvation.
Summary
While faith can be used in various ways, saving faith is faith that not only knows and comprehends the facts about the gospel of Jesus Christ but also trusts in the person and work of Jesus Christ alone for salvation. Historical faith understands the claims of Scripture, and temporary faith seems for a time to trust in them, but saving faith is a firm conviction and trust in the person and work of Christ. While demons understand and comprehend the facts about God and Jesus Christ, this faith causes them to tremble. For the Christian, faith leads to joy and confidence in the goodness and grace of God, which bestows salvation through Jesus Christ apart from works, even apart from the fruit that flows from faith.
Videos
Don Carson on How Old Testament Saints Were Saved
Don Carson provides a simple explanation of how people were saved in the Old Testament.
Why Some Young People Leave the Faith
G’Joe and Aimee Joseph share insights on young people who leave the faith and how churches need to respond.
Podcasts
Courses
Articles
Faith Is Not Wishful Thinking. It Is Defiance.
Faith is defiance.
Faithful Reason and Reasonable Faith
Western civilization’s faith-and-reason synthesis is a gift from Christianity.
Quarantine Is Hard. God Is Good.
The Psalms will teach us how to trust and respond to God, based on who he is and what he’s done, in the midst of COVID-19.
Boys Will Be Boaz
Integral to God’s plan are men who give themselves to protecting women.
Preschool Theology, Bubble Machines, and Remembering What Matters
When you’re only a year from wearing pull-ups and can explain the Trinity, you get to use your outside voice.
Dealing with Doubt in an Age of Deconstruction
Doubt and disillusionment are the last of all reasons to abandon your faith.
3 Ways to Glorify God in Your Life
There is one activity the Bible associates far more than any other with glorifying God.
