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Earning Our Salvation: Is it "Works + Grace"?

An episode of the The Biblical Roots Podcast podcast, hosted by Prof. R. L. Solberg, titled "Earning Our Salvation: Is it "Works + Grace"?" was published on May 28, 2025 and runs 46 minutes.

May 28, 2025 ·46m · The Biblical Roots Podcast

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Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we test the teaching of a Hebrew Roots rabbi named Steve Berkson who teaches at Messianic Torah Observant Israel near Chattanooga, TN. Rabbi Berkson teaches, "It’s not works versus grace, it's works and grace." And he defines "grace" as merited favor, saying, "It's the opposite of what you were taught. How shocking is that? Another thing the church taught you backwards. It's merited favor. That's why works and grace go together. Because it's your works that m...

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In this episode, we test the teaching of a Hebrew Roots rabbi named Steve Berkson who teaches at Messianic Torah Observant Israel near Chattanooga, TN. Rabbi Berkson teaches, "It’s not works versus grace, it's works and grace." And he defines "grace" as merited favor, saying, "It's the opposite of what you were taught. How shocking is that? Another thing the church taught you backwards. It's merited favor. That's why works and grace go together. Because it's your works that merit the favor."

We test his claims against the Bible as he walks us through the idea of grace, works, and faith, and what these things have to do with our salvation.

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Chapter
04:30 The ISR Scriptures translation of the Bible
07:36 Grace is “merited favor”
15:23 Salvation is available.
19:31 Your works get you into the Kingdom of God
20:37 Jesus did His part
22:56 Christianity teaches no personal responsibility
24:58 We need to do our part.
29:14 You were put here to do the work
35:31 A training ground for your works
38:20 It’s not about salvation (But it is)
45:49 You have to earn it.


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