One debate among some evangelicals is over whether Christ can be accepted as Savior only, or whether He must be accepted as Savior and Lord. Those who insist, rightly, that the basic Christian confession is Jesus is Lord do well. But we also have to make sure not to understand that in a truncated way. A truncated view of Christ’s lordship is one that limits it to His authority over my personal life. A person taking this view says, again rightly, that Christ cannot be received on an installment plan, first as Savior and then, five years later, as Lord. But even here, what is frequently being
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