S2 Ep1051: Salvation by Allegiacne Alone: Dr. Matthew Bates

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🗓️ 16 February 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Matthew W. Bates (Ph.D., University of Notre Dame) argues that the Greek word pistis often translated as “faith” is better understood as “allegiance.” Therefore, we are justified by allegiance to Christ alone, not simply by an intellectual assent to the facts about Jesus. This, of course, raises deep theological questions about the role of human action in justification and salvation and whether the Reformers understood things correctly when they talked about justification by faith alone. Matthew is a Professor of Theology at Quincy University. His main teaching area is the Bible and early Christian literature. He also teaches courses in Western Religion, Church History, and Christian Spirituality. Dr. Bates is an award-winning author. His popular and influential books include Gospel Allegiance (Brazos, 2019), Salvation by Allegiance Alone (Baker Academic, 2017), and The Birth of the Trinity (Oxford University Press, 2015). Current book projects on salvation and christology are underway. Dr. Bates also co-hosts OnScript, a Bible and theology podcast. He enjoys family life, hiking, baseball, and good conversation. More info on Dr. Bates, his publications, and his availability for speaking can be found at MatthewWBates.com.

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0:00.0	Hey, friends. Welcome back to another episode of The Allgin around. My guest today is Dr. Matthew
0:04.6	Bates. Matthew received his PhD from Notre Dame University and has a master's degree from
0:10.7	Regent University over in Vancouver, BC. He has written several books including Gospel Allegiance,
0:17.6	The Birth of the Trinity, and Salvation by Allegiance Alone. And he is a professor of The Allgin
0:24.0	Quincy University. His book Salvation by Allegiance Alone raised a lot of conversations when it first
0:31.0	came out. I remember when it first came out, a lot of people were writing about it, so I'm really
0:34.4	excited to get to know Matthew and hear about his definition of faith as Allegiance. So please
0:40.2	welcome to the show for the first time. He won't roll me in the last few days.
0:44.0	All right. Hey, Matt. Thanks for coming on theology in the raw. Been wanting to talk to you for
0:56.4	fight some time now. Actually, I know we've never even made the corresponded on social media.
1:01.0	He that's about it. But yeah, I've been wanting to talk to you about your stuff on the gospel.
1:05.7	Hey, thanks, Preston. Yeah, and same to you. I've admired your work from afar and it's great to
1:10.8	meet you in person. Great. So your book Salvation by Allegiance alone. I remember when that book came
1:16.6	out because Scott McKnight was blogging about it back when is he still blogging? I don't know.
1:21.8	But yeah, I remember I'm like, well, that title alone is obviously sent a send a message Salvation
1:28.2	by Allegiance alone. And then, you know, yeah, just kind of looking at it. And I've done a lot of
1:33.2	work on the Greek word, pistis, pistillo and others. I'm like, huh. And immediately I was like,
1:40.0	I think he might be on to something without even knowing what your thesis is. So why don't you
1:45.2	want to give us the backstory? What led to writing that book? You know, what was staring
1:50.1	in your thinking about the idea of faith and then would love to have you unpack how you translate
1:56.4	faith as Allegiance? Yeah, sort of funny because that book did come out and the year that the
2:02.9	Protestant Reformation was celebrated as its 500th anniversary. And so a lot of people thought I
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