Feat u red A u thor
t h e wa r n i n g s o f t h e
n e w t e s ta m e n t
A nastasios K io u lachoglo u
b y Dan i e l G omes
“Can a Christian apostatize?” It is one of the most pivotal questions
in Christian soteriology, dividing scholars and theologians since the
time of Augustine of Hippo. Its mere discussion sparked one of the
most schismatic contentions in the Protestant church – the Calvinis-
t-Arminian debate – whose effects linger among Christian scholars
to this day. As if to settle the debate once and for all, Anastasios
Kioulachoglou defends the view that Christians can indeed fall away
from the faith, and presents a multitude of New Testament passages
to support his stance in this short work.
While its title may seem a bit
vague, Kioulachoglou’s book does it
full justice: The Warnings of the New
Testament is a ground-and-pound
work that gives no quarter. From
start to finish, the book is an absolute
onslaught of New Testament passages
appealing to the author’s point that
“once saved” does not mean “forever
saved.” Kioulachoglou’s succinct
and straightforward writing is quite
evident in this work, with the author
wasting little time on theological
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theories and postulations, preferring
to draw his support straight from the
biblical canon. He lays out the condi-
tions for salvation as established by
the New Covenant in the first chapter:
“Salvation is given free, by grace, as a
gift to everyone who believes in Jesus
Christ as his Lord, the Messiah, the
Son of God.” From then on, Kiou-
lachoglou lists an impressive amount
of passages that support his premise
of conditional preservation, as well
as excerpts from Bible commentators