On Salvation Being Conditional or Unconditional

A condition, most often in scripture, simply denotes a connection between one thing and another, and says nothing about the nature and causes of the condition.  Thus, to say that faith is a condition for salvation simply says that faith precedes salvation by way of connection.  In itself it does not affirm that the condition existed because of the free will and effort of those who have faith.  The condition for salvation is faith, but faith itself is conditioned upon the sovereign and efficacious work of God.  So, though salvation depends upon faith, faith depends upon the will and working of God.  

From Chpt. 121 of the book "The Hardshell Baptist Cult" and from the series of chapters titled "Conditional or Unconditional?" (see HERE)