Lordship salvation or salvation by allegiance?

The term โ€œsalvation by allegianceโ€ is a recent attempt to recover what its advocates regard as the fuller New Testament meaning of the notion of faith. Associated especially with American theologian Matthew Bates, it argues that saving faithย (pistis)ย should not be reduced to intellectual assent or inward trust. In the context of salvation, Bates proposes allegiance …