When Salvation Isn’t What We Thought

Send us Fan Mail When Salvation Isn’t What We Thought Sometimes we hear the word “salvation”— and we’re not quite sure what it means. Saved from what, saved for what, and how it actually takes shape in a life. “Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation—” (1 Peter 2:2) In this passage, salvation isn’t described as a moment we arrive at— but something we grow into. The Greek word sōtēria carries the sense of being made who...