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Created page with "thumb|215x215px|John MacArthur thumb|Arthur W. Pink (1886 – 15 July 1952) advocated Lordship salvation-<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |last=Nash |first=H. Ronald |author-link=Ronald H. Nash |url= |title=Great divides: understanding the controversies that come between Christians |date=1993 |publisher=NavPress |isbn=0-89109-696-5 |chapter=The Controversy Over Lordship Salvation |oclc=27035129}}</ref> '''Lordship sal..." |
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== History == | == History == | ||
The [[Neonomianism|Neonomian]] doctrines of [[Richard Baxter]] have often been compared to Lordship salvation, which caused a controversy with the [[Marrow Brethren]] in the 17th century.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nyenhuis |first=Jacob E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8nDhAAAAMAAJ&q=Lordship+salvation+neonomian |title=A Goodly Heritage: Essays in Honor of the Reverend Dr. Elton J. Bruins at Eighty |date=2007-06-06 |publisher=Eerdmans Publishing Company |isbn=978-0-8028-6002-6 |language=en |quote=John MacArthur Jr. ... receiving him as Lord ) and the " antinomian " advocates of free grace ( e.g. , dispensationalists at Dallas Seminary ) clearly echoes the issues argued by the Marrow Men and their " neonomian " opponents .}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Packer |first=Timothy Beougher And J. I. |date=16 December 1991 |title='Go Fetch Baxter' |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/1991/december-16/go-fetch-baxter-this-feisty-puritan-spent-his-life.html |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=ChristianityToday.com |language=en}}</ref> | |||
The doctrines of Lordship salvation have been debated within Evangelical Christianity since at least the early 20th century, when [[Lewis Sperry Chafer]] debated [[B. B. Warfield]] the topic. It later developed into the Lordship salvation controversy in the late 1980s and the 1990s, centering around the question on if making Jesus as the "Lord of your life" was necessary for salvation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Naselli |first=Andy |title=Must Jesus Be Lord? |url=https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/essay/must-jesus-lord/ |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=The Gospel Coalition |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lordship Controversy |url=https://www.gty.org/library/articles/A293/ |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=Grace to You |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bing |first=Charles C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e1z5ycZ9BY4C |title=Lordship Salvation: A Biblical Evaluation and Response |date=July 2010 |publisher=Xulon Press |isbn=978-1-60957-580-9 |language=en}}</ref> | The doctrines of Lordship salvation have been debated within Evangelical Christianity since at least the early 20th century, when [[Lewis Sperry Chafer]] debated [[B. B. Warfield]] the topic. It later developed into the Lordship salvation controversy in the late 1980s and the 1990s, centering around the question on if making Jesus as the "Lord of your life" was necessary for salvation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Naselli |first=Andy |title=Must Jesus Be Lord? |url=https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/essay/must-jesus-lord/ |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=The Gospel Coalition |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lordship Controversy |url=https://www.gty.org/library/articles/A293/ |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=Grace to You |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bing |first=Charles C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e1z5ycZ9BY4C |title=Lordship Salvation: A Biblical Evaluation and Response |date=July 2010 |publisher=Xulon Press |isbn=978-1-60957-580-9 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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Modern advocates of Lordship salvation include individuals such as: | Modern advocates of Lordship salvation include individuals such as: | ||
* [[ | * [[John MacArthur]] | ||
* [[John Piper]] | * [[John Piper]] | ||
* [[R. C. Sproul]] | * [[R. C. Sproul]] | ||
