Reclaiming Salvation — What Paul Actually Meant

Key Scriptures: Romans 1–8 · Ephesians · Colossians

Salvation in Paul is far richer than a binary decision between heaven and hell. This class unpacks Paul's grand narrative of rescue, renewal, and restoration — from the exodus echoes in Romans to the cosmic reconciliation in Colossians — and shows how 'being saved' means being remade in God's image for God's world.

Taught by Michael Heiser & N.T. Wright (Biblical Scholars). Free, self-paced course — 9 hr 45 min across 16 sessions.

Course Modules

• The Human Problem — Survey the biblical diagnosis of the human condition — from Genesis 3 through Paul's 'plight and solution' framework in Romans.
• Justification Reconsidered — Engage the New Perspective on Paul and explore how 'justification by faith' functions within Paul's covenant theology.
• Union with Christ — Discover how Paul's 'in Christ' language describes a real participation in the death and resurrection of Jesus — the heart of Pauline soteriology.
• Cosmic Reconciliation — Zoom out to the cosmic scope of salvation in Colossians and Ephesians — all things reconciled, all things summed up in Christ.

What You Will Learn

• Articulate Paul's narrative understanding of the human problem.
• Explain justification in its covenant and forensic dimensions.
• Define union with Christ and its significance for Christian identity.
• Understand the cosmic, not merely individual, scope of Paul's soteriology.