Surveys show that more than 50 percent of people in the U.S. have prayed the sinner's prayer and think they're going to heaven because of it even though there is no detectable difference in their lifestyles from those outside of the church. On this issue- the most important issue on earth- we have to be absolutely clear. We need to preach salvation by repentance before God and faith in the finished work of Christ.
Satan's most effective weapon is to take our eyes off of what God has declared over us in the gospel. - J. D. Greear
Satan's most effective weapon is to take our eyes off of what God has declared over us in the gospel.
- J. D. Greear
Gospel change is the Spirit of God using the story of God to make the beauty of God come alive in our hearts - J. D. Greear
Gospel change is the Spirit of God using the story of God to make the beauty of God come alive in our hearts
Faith is not the absence of doubt; it is continuing to follow Jesus in the midst of doubt. - J. D. Greear
Faith is not the absence of doubt; it is continuing to follow Jesus in the midst of doubt.
True religion is when you serve God to get nothing else but more of God. - J. D. Greear
True religion is when you serve God to get nothing else but more of God.
Focusing on what we ought to do for God creates only frustration and exhaustion; focusing on what Jesus has done for us produces abundant fruit. Rest… - J. D. Greear
Focusing on what we ought to do for God creates only frustration and exhaustion; focusing on what Jesus has done for us produces abundant fruit. Rest…
My identity and my security are not in my spiritual progress. My identity and my security are in God’s acceptance of me given as a gift in Christ. - J. D. Greear
My identity and my security are not in my spiritual progress. My identity and my security are in God’s acceptance of me given as a gift in Christ.
Salvation is not a prayer you pray in a one-time ceremony and then move on from; salvation is a posture of repentance and faith that you begin in a m… - J. D. Greear
Salvation is not a prayer you pray in a one-time ceremony and then move on from; salvation is a posture of repentance and faith that you begin in a m…
When something becomes so important to you that it drives your behavior and commands your emotions, you are worshipping it. - J. D. Greear
When something becomes so important to you that it drives your behavior and commands your emotions, you are worshipping it.
God sometimes answers our prayers by giving us what we would have asked for had we known what He knows. - J. D. Greear
God sometimes answers our prayers by giving us what we would have asked for had we known what He knows.
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