Jack Deere – Grace Evangelical Society

Jack Deere on Suicide and Salvation

December 29, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Eternal Security, Jack Deere, suicide

Over the Christmas break, I finished Jack Deere’s autobiography, Even in Our Darkness. And as the title suggests, it was very dark. The book reads like a confession of all the many ways Deere felt he failed as a father, husband, and friend, not to mention as a minister. In a world where many Charismatics

Jesus Will Never Leave You

December 21, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - autobiography, Eternal Security, Even in Our Darkness, Jack Deere

I started reading through Jack Deere’s autobiography, Even in Our Darkness. His story so far has been very dark. But I think you’ll appreciate how he came to faith in Jesus: I’m not sure what prompted me, but on December 18, 1965, at 2 a.m., as I lay in bed in the dark, I asked

40 References to Rewards in the Teaching of Jesus

December 11, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Eternal Rewards, Jack Deere

“Most Christians don’t know about divine rewards,” Jack Deere explained, “and preachers seldom preach about them, which is amazing given how much Jesus taught about them.” Have you ever heard about the doctrine of eternal rewards? If you read the Bible, you should have. As Deere says, Jesus often taught about rewards, and they are