DAVID JANSSEN* I. INTRODUCTION Every church has them: believers who have the confidence of spending eternity with Jesus but who are not making progress in their spiritual life. Their stories vary. Some began to grow just after they were saved, then stalled. Others once had boldness for Christ until negative experiences from sharing the gospel

Don Reiher This article is adapted from a much longer message given by the author at the 2010 GES conference. Don Reiher is an IT Director for Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School in Aston, PA. I. Introduction Unless you have been hiding in a cave the last decade, you are familiar with the conflict in Free

I. The Thesis of the Book The main thesis of the book is that in order to be born again a person must believe in “the Lord’s deity, humanity, substitutionary death, and bodily resurrection, i.e., [in] His person, work, and provision” (p. 19). Note that believing in Jesus for eternal life, or for justification, is