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.
J. D. GreearGospel change is the Spirit of God using the story of God to make the beauty of God come alive in our hearts
J. D. GreearBeing converted to Jesus is learning to so adore God that we would gladly renounce everything we have to follow Him.
J. D. GreearFocusing on what we ought to do for God creates only frustration and exhaustion; focusing on what Jesus has done for us produces abundant fruit. Resting in what Jesus has done for us releases the revolutionary power of the gospel.
J. D. GreearFaith is not the absence of doubt; it is continuing to follow Jesus in the midst of doubt.
J. D. Greear