To the inclusivist…although Jesus has accomplished the work necessary to bring us back to God, nonetheless, people can be saved by responding positively to God’s revelation in creation and perhaps in aspects of their own religions. So, even though Christ is the only Savior, people do not have to know about or believe in Christ to be saved.

— Bruce Ware (b. 1953), Theologe und Buchautor, Professor für Systematische Theologie

Topics: Doubt & Hard Questions, Grace & Redemption

Bruce Ware

Bruce Ware (* 1953) ist ein US-amerikanischer Theologe und langjähriger Professor für Systematische Theologie am Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville. Er vertritt eine reformiert-baptistische Theologie und wurde besonders durch seine Verteidigung der göttlichen Vorsehung gegen den Offenen Theismus sowie durch seine komplementaristische Geschlechterethik bekannt. Für Bibelleser bietet er verständliche Systematisierungen reformierter Dogmatik, wobei seine These einer ewigen funktionalen Unterordnung des Sohnes unter den Vater auch im evangelikalen Raum theologische Kontroversen auslöste.

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