Write a 10 page research paper on “Lordship Salvation.” Here are some key questions to consider when writing your paper. Use these questions to help formulate your paper. You do not have to cover all of these points in your paper, but it would be beneficial to include information from these points to help develop your presentation. What is Lordship Salvation? What is the history of Lordship Salvation? When and where did it arise? Who are the main proponents of Lordship Salvation? Opponents? Who are the main proponents of Free Grace/Easy Believism? Opponents? Identify and explain which Biblical passages would support Lordship Salvation or Free Grace/Easy Believism? Are there problems Biblically with Lordship Salvation? Are there problems Biblically with Free Grace/Easy Believism? Where do you stand in this debate? Here are some suggested resources for your paper. For a thorough discussion of the controversy over “Lordship salvation,” as well as a thorough refutation of so-called “free grace” theology, see John MacArthur, The Gospel according to Jesus, and MacArthur, The Gospel according to the Apostles: The Role of Works in the Life of Faith (1993; repr., Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2000). Especially helpful is the second chapter of the latter volume, “A Primer on the ‘Lordship Salvation’ Controversy,” 5–20. For further analysis, see Robert Lescelius, Lordship Salvation: Some Crucial Questions and Answers (Asheville, NC: Revival Literature, 1992); Richard P. Belcher, A Layman’s Guide to the Lordship Controversy (Southbridge, MA: Crowne, 1990); Wayne Grudem, “Free Grace” Theology: 5 Ways It Diminishes the Gospel (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Publishers, 2016; and/or Vern Poythress, The Lordship of Christ (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Publishers, 2016). A very brief, though helpful, overview is also found in Grudem, Systematic Theology, 715 (footnote 5). Formatting of the paper: The paper is to be 10-12 pages of content plus a title page and bibliography. Be sure to include 10 academic resources The Bible is not to be used as one of the 10 resources and should not be listed in the bibliography. If using the Bible in your paper, see instructions below. Bible Passages: The first time you quote a Bible passage, you must include the following as the footnote for the Bible you are using. Here is an example of the ESV Bible: Unless otherwise noted, all biblical passages referenced employ the English Standard Version (ESV). Insert the version you are using plus the abbreviation in parenthesis–(ESV), etc.). Thereafter, no other footnotes are needed for Bible passages. Instead, you must put the Bible passage in parenthesis at the end of the sentence.
