One of the best books that I have read recently is “Stop asking Jesus into your heart” by Pastor J.D. Greear. This book tackles the difficult doctrine of “assurance of Salvation.” Many Christians struggle with this concept, because we put so much pressure on us and our feelings when the pressure of our Salvation rests on Jesus, and what He has done and been for us. This book challenges each believer to look beyond your feelings, and rest on the promises of God for your Salvation! I believe in the concepts of this book, and believe in its theology! That is why I am giving away this book absolutely free to someone. The giveaway ends by 10:00 am on Thursday morning so let the contest begin.
Here is an excerpt of the book:
“If there were a Guinness Book of World Records entry for ‘amount of times having prayed the sinner’s prayer,’ I’m pretty sure I’d be a top contender,” says pastor and author J. D. Greear. He struggled for many years to gain an assurance of salvation and eventually learned he was not alone. “Lack of assurance” is epidemic among evangelical Christians.
Read my full review of J.D’s book here!
Here is how to enter the giveaway
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The winner will be announced by 10:00 am on Thursday morning, February 7th!!! Let the contest begin.
I want this book to develop a better understanding of the gospel!
I would like this book for a 2 reasons. 1. I live in Arkansas and this is an epidemic. There are so many people that live by the “ask Jesus into your heart” statment but never have repentance. As a youth pastor I teach its so much more than asking Jesus into your heart. 2. Thursday Feb 7th is my birthday. For real.
Brad, you are the winner my friend! Please email me your address: joshhevans@gmail.com and we will get your copy out to you soon.
Sounds like an interesting book that tackles an important question. I’ve grown up where ‘asking Jesus into your heart” was the standard, but since then I’ve come to think differently about it. I’m very interested to see what J.D. Greear has to say about this. Oh and by the way: I was already subscribed to your RSS feed
Sounds like a fantastic book! I am a 2nd year youth pastor in Australia and the culture of ‘Altar Calls’ and how we lead people into faith with God has been something on my heart a lot lately. Mainly because I want to make sure that the youth I serve are provided with biblical and effective ways to respond to the Gospel. This book would be a huge help in wrapping my head around all these thoughts as I loved J. D. Geer’s ‘Gospel’.
I’ve read Gospel and I enjoy learning from J.D. Greear through his sermons and podcasts. He and I are alike theologically, so I will enjoy learning more from him through this book. Consequently, I am also subscribed to your posts via email and RSS.
I think it’s awesome you are doing a giveaway. I’m actually getting read to do another one for my site soon.
I’ve never heard of this book, but it sounds like a great tool!
I’m off to share! I’m gonna also share a post for the Google+ users!
I would LOVE this book, would be a great resource to aid in Student Ministry! I’m sure I could pull aseveral lessons and illustrations from here!
I would love to have this book for the tri-parish ecumenical youth ministry program I am working with. We are a diverse population of churches doing ministry together, and I think this book would enable us to have some interesting dialogue towards our program.
Congrats to Brad Morgan on winning the giveaway. Thanks again, and we look forward to connecting further with you in the future.
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Great Review of “Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart” By J.D. Greear. Review by Josh Evans
I’d be interested to read Grear’s treatment of this issue. I’ve long grown weary of the jesus-in-my-heart bit, so this should prove interesting.