For the non-believer, this book offers many reasons and proofs why we all need christ and how to obtain the salvation he offers to those who believe. I highly recommend this book for pastors and lay-people who are struggling with the issues of salvati...  Read More

Those who are saved “will be kept by god’s power and will persevere as christians until the end of their lives,” he writes.

I find myself closely identifying with many of the doubts that j. D. Has. To use j. J. S words, ‘i am a pastor. Pastor j.

The assurance of salvation is based on our present, continuing posture of repentance and faith. Assurance comes when we rest on the finished work of the cross for our standing.

This is typical lordship-salvation-calvinistic-perseverance-of-the-saints theology, of which i have never been a fan. Greear fails to deal with those texts that show the apostle paul's moral character and conduct as being righteous, blameless, or havi...  Read More

I think ultimately greear promotes more problems than he solves. Greear's faulty exegetical method (not that he really offers any in the book) regarding the warining passages (ch.