Salvation by Grace

In Salvation by Grace, Matthew Barrett comprehensively defends the doctrine of

monergism (the teaching that regeneration is exclusively the work of God) primarily

by looking at Scripture but also by examining Reformed theologians and confessions.

Barrett also provides a helpful evaluation of both the Arminian position and contemporary

attempts to chart a middle course between Calvinistic and Arminian systems.


“ ‘Salvation is of the Lord.’ All Christians would affirm this good news. Yet only

monergism carries it through to the end, without equivocation. In this winsome and

well-researched defense, Matthew Barrett clears away the brush—caricatures and distortions

on both sides of the debate—to expose the wonder of God’s amazing grace.”

— Michael Horton, J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and

Apologetics, Westminster Seminary California


“Matthew Barrett’s work on regeneration represents scholarship at its best. His

book is exegetically convincing and theologically profound, with significant pastoral

consequences.”

— Thomas R. Schreiner, James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament

Interpretation, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky


“This is quite simply the most thorough and convincing account of divine sovereignty,

both over the new birth and over effectual calling, that I’ve ever read.”

— Sam Storms, Lead Pastor for Preaching and Vision, Bridgeway Church,

Oklahoma City


“Matthew Barrett lays out the historical, theological, and biblical material, and

presents a compelling case for classic anti-Pelagian theology. Very helpful.”

— Carl R. Trueman, Paul Woolley Professor of Church History, Westminster

Theological Seminary, Philadelphia


Matthew Barrett (Ph.D., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)

is assistant professor of Christian studies at California Baptist University and

executive editor of Credo Magazine.