Certainly, a wife can love her husband, but if she's simultaneously loving another man on the side then her marriage lacks faithfulness and it is defective. Similarly, a marriage which possesses all characteristics in the proper balance, but lacks a foundation in Christ is also deficient. A husband who is committed, faithful and honest but neglects to love his wife is not practicing proper marriage. And the spouse who reads all the books there are to read on marriage, knows all that can be known about all facets of the enterprise, how they interact, what the proper balance should be, where things go wrong and how to fix them, yet doesn't put into practice any of it cannot really be said to be engaged in marriage at all. Marriage, then, is a very holistic enterprise, probably the most holistic undertaking two human beings can ever attempt together. .
Redemption is the same way.
Redemption involves many facets - a proper relationship with the Creator, a love of justice, a practicing of compassion, and many other things besides. Salvation is the holistic phenomenon par excellence, involving, surrounding, permeating and expressing itself through every facet of our lives and beings, as they relate not only to God, but equally to our neighbors and the world as well. To properly practice redemption one must practice it in all it facets. . To be sure, we can certainly isolate that part of our redemption which involves our relationship with God for academic purposes, but a redemption which practices only that is defective. A redemption which lacks any of these facets is a defective redemption, improperly practiced and deficient. .