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What is Regeneration? (Matthew Barrett)

Matthew Barrett, founder and executive editor of Credo Magazine, has contributed a new book to the P&R series, Basics of the Faith, called What Is Regeneration?

97815963865941About the book:

Many people believe they can initiate their salvation, either through choosing to believe or on their own merits. Yet the Bible is clear that we can’t take even the first step toward reconciliation with God on our own—we are spiritually dead and can do nothing unless we are given new life.

Matthew Barrett explores the doctrine of regeneration to show us what truly happens to us when we are saved. He compares the gospel call with the effectual call and shows us how God’s gift of a new heart and new birth—not anything we have done—initiates our salvation.

Commendation:

“The doctrine of effectual calling is at the heart of what it means to confess that Jesus Christ is the sole and sufficient Savior of spiritually dead sinners. Matthew Barrett does a great job of condensing this doctrine into a readable form that all can understand.”
—Timothy George is Dean of Beeson Divinity School of Samford University and an Executive Editor of Christianity Today.

If you are looking to dive deeper on this doctrine, also see Barrett’s book Salvation by Grace: The Case for Effectual Calling and Regeneration.

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