Testimonials of Changed Lives

NEW>>> Melissa was abused, deeply unhappy, had no peace and engaged in wickedness (mp3)
David lived immorally because of false doctrine (mp3)
Michelle (From Catholicism to eternal security to Jesus) (mp3)
Mark (mp3) (Being raised in eternal security has adverse effect)
Former Southern Baptist speaks out about eternal security (mp3)
Eternal security is apostasy's advocate (mp3)
A prison chaplain testifies about eternal security (mp3)
Henry backslides because of eternal security (mp3)
Prisoner testimony
Baptist pastor turns from eternal security
Thought that I could go on sinning and be saved
Testimony and resignation from the Baptist church
Ghana testimony
Your website is changing my life
Your book changed my life
I was saved--my church had taught me that
This type of teaching leads to destruction and I will fight it till I die
Saved from eternal fire
I hated those who denied eternal security
Eternal security has no basis in Scripture
The first false doctrine to fall was eternal security
I became almost obsessed with my need to know whether or not eternal security was true
You help steer a soul back to the narrow gate
Delighted to find such an ex­haus­tive work under one cover of this demonic and pervasive security doctrine
Two months ago I believed OSAS, only because that is what I have been taught since I was saved
I have recently been converted by reading your book
Thank you again for converting a Calvinist to Christ!
OSAS is not scriptural
The TRUE grace message
OSAS is not what God's Word says
I have re-examined my "Christian walk"
Thank you for putting the truth out there for me
You are the only one who refuted it and rightly so
Grew Up On Charles Stanley But Is Now Repenting Of Sins
Your book has been very helpful to this Calvinist
Your book is an incredible eye-opener
Your book has created a new walk with God
Set free from false Reformed theology of eternal security
Reformed drug addict believed once saved always saved (OSAS)
Peace at last
The most sincere, scriptural refutation
A work of art ...
This book caused a revival in my life
The scales have been lifted
I'm so grateful
Thank you for helping me see the truth

Hi!! By the way, I don't think I have told you guys how much your website is changing my life. I started going to [an OSAS website] a couple of years ago, was badly suicidal, and living a deep life of sin after stopping my attendance in church. I was looking into [OSAS] articles and I also started believing in eternal security, until the [web site's] link led me to your site about a month or more back!! When I began reading articles on your site, those scriptural passages that I used to have to twist and turn to fit into a OSAS doctrine became so clear to me. I remember I struggled with those passages the most strongly these past several years, cause I would read about a biblical warning from Jesus or in the letters and I couldn't fit them in the light of OSAS doctrine. And a friend used to tell me our salvation was conditional, and I used to argue with her as if she was a heretic!! Now, I've just told her I am beginning to believe what she used to tell me!!! God bless!! (Singapore)

As I write this letter, I’m listening to your audio message titled, “What’s wrong with today’s gospel?” over the internet. Though I’ve listened to it a few times before, listening to it again keeps me re­minded how distorted the gospel being proclaimed in our day and by the majority is. I would just like to thank God for min­is­tries such as yours ... It’s always tense to read your articles because they’re so straight­forward and heart penetrating. I remember a couple of months ago back in September of ‘99 I happened upon your site. Since then I’ve been a frequent viewer. You help ... steer a soul back to­wards "the narrow gate"—this soul in particular. My prayers are with you, your family, and your furthering out­reach of the biblical gospel. Thank you and thank God!

Dear Fellow-workers, I am a minister in ... I ordered your volu­minous book quite awhile back and I love it. I am so delighted to find such an ex­haus­tive work under one cover of this demonic and pervasive security doctrine. It is one of my absolute favorites in my library. Thank you for your outstanding work. I am a minis­ter in a ... church and with a number of Baptists who now attend my church, I have been frequently confronted by this doctrine, which is merely a “license to sin” doctrine. Please keep me on your mailing list. Thanks again for your outstanding work! With sincere appreciation.

I’ve finished going through The Believer’s Conditional Security for the first time. Before I even finished it, I ordered five more copies to give away. Two months ago I believed OSAS, only because that is what I have been taught since I was saved three years ago. My brother in-law challenged me on that doctrine and I took his challenge to heart and started studying. It just so happened that my family moved about this time, so we were still in the process of looking for a new church home. Well, needless to say, my new doctrine regarding the security of the believer is not too well received at any of the churches we had seriously been considering. I had a Pastor over to the house last week and while our debate remained Christian, he eventually told me I would probably do well to visit a Free Will Baptist Church! ... Any­way, my initial research has come up with Free Will Baptists and Naza­rene as two potential candidates that at least do not subscribe to the unconditional nature of the believer’s security. Do you know of any others that have otherwise sound doctrine? Are you at all familiar with the two mentioned above? The Nazarenes have a doctrine that I am studying to understand related to ultimate sanctification that is new to me. Any ideas?? I certainly don’t want to jump out of the frying pan and into the fire. So we are moving slowly. But we also miss belonging to a local congregation ... Thanks for your work in the Believer’s Conditional Security. I am challenging the status quo wherever I can. Folks sure don’t like it when you question that doc­trine! Yours in Him.

'Greetings in Christ! I finished your book for the second time, and have to tell you I’m a believer in conditional Security, not Eternal Security. I recently bought Charles Stanley’s book “Eternal Security,” but Im going to throw it away, because I read many excerpts from his book in yours, and they were crazy! Especially the one about the outer darkness being in the Kingdom of Heaven! I have been listening to Charles Stanley for about a year now, and I have heard some other strange things from him, but man, this took the cake! I don’t think I will be watching him anymore on TV, and the Internet. If you notice when Charles Stanley preaches about 90% of it is what he says and about 10% of what the bible says. He says, you can sin like the devil and still go to heaven. What a lie! Is that in the bible? NO! I guess like you said in your book, that these people have the title “Doctor” etc, attached to their names, it almost makes them sound flawless. I wanted to know, about the letters that you sent to Charles Stanley and Hank H. Did either one of them respond to you yet? Did you and Hank H. ever have a debate? If so, I would love to hear it! I shared conditional security to a Christian friend of mine last night at work. He got saved in 1998 and I got saved in 1997, and I was telling him about the benefits of fearing the LORD. To take the whole character of GOD, not just the love part of him. GOD is not just a GOD of love, He is a GOD of wrath, and power, and his name is Jealous! I have to thank GOD and give him glory that GOD allowed you to write this book through the Holy Spirit guidance! I have learned so much. I have to tell you that your book is making its way around! I recently talked to one of my “Fathers” in the faith, and I remember he used to believe in Eternal Security, but I found out that he read your book about 8 months ago, and is now a believer in Conditional Security! I could not believe it. I wanted to share with him about your book, and he was like, “I have already read that book!” I was like wow! I think EVERY Christian needs to read your book! God bless you!

I thank God for your book ... I have been under the once saved always saved [OSAS] doctrine my entire so-called Christian life. I believed I was saved at age fifteen. I am now 35 years old and have recently been converted by reading your book. I now have had many peaceful nights’ sleep over the past 4 months since my conversion. Praise God! Please let me share. I was on my way to the gym when ever so suddenly in my car God convicted me of great sin. He brought most of my sin to my mind over a period of 5 minutes. I wept all the way to the gym. I began to openly confess sins of lying, bitterness, pride, envy, cursing, watching “R” rated movies, etc. to my husband when returning from the gym. I can’t express the peace and joy I have experienced since. I truly hunger and thirst for righteousness. Jesus said, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me shall never hunger and he who believes in me shall never thirst.” I drink and eat from this fountain. My brother is John ... whom you are familiar with. He and his wife ... were faithful to pray for me and hand me biblical material. Many of the material or books I never read until John gave me your book. I read it and my eyes were opened! Thank you.

I stand amazed when I think of how God has guided me the past month. I 'gave my life to the Lord' about 8 years ago, but have never really produced fruit. Although I experienced many times when I felt close to God, I never managed to get rid of the sin in my life. When I sought help from the church, asking whether one could become 'unsaved,' they sincerely told me that you could only lose 'rewards' with sin. I tried to rid myself of sin using this incentive of rewards and assurance of salvation, but found to my horror that I plunged straight back into mental sexual immorality with hardly a second thought, thinking I could 'have my cake and eat it,' much to my shame. I began to realise that I needed a fear of the Lord, but couldn't understand how you could fear God when you were going to heaven anyway. One day I opened my Bible and set out to look again at the different scriptures with an open mind. I had great difficulty in the passages where believers fell away from the Lord, where branches were cut off and burned, and servants punished and sent outside. That very morning afterwards, a Christian mailing list I subscribed to sent me an article of yours that you apparently gave to their pastor. At first skeptical, I nevertheless had a look at your site -- and found that my questions could finally be answered. It seemed as though the Lord had placed the answer right in my mailbox! A few months ago I was in a great dilemma, wondering whether I was saved or not (seeing that if a person continues to sin, they weren't saved in the first place, according to popular belief) Now I know that my faith was genuine, and that I willfully disobeyed God and fell away. Because of God's work through you, I've now found a real reason to fear and love the Lord. If there's one more thing you could warn people about, it is that mental impurity is as damaging as real acts of sin. I have no doubt that if I had carried on with my fantasies that I would have fallen completely away, my hard heart refusing to repent again. Sometimes I feel that this was one of the last resorts before God left me in the path of destruction I had chosen. Nevertheless, He is slow to anger, and chose in His mercy to search for me, as I know He will do for each of His lost lambs if they are seeking His face. Thank you again for converting a Calvinist to Christ! (Internet)

On a "Praise God" note, my daughter recently became engaged to a wonderful Christian young man. He was raised in the Baptist church and believed in OSAS ... that is until my daughter began confronting him with what the Bible says. He began exploring ... I gave him a copy of your book which he devoured ... he has now made his own pamphlet outlining why OSAS is not scriptural and is using it to challenge others! Praise God! Thank you both for your tireless work in defense of the truth. God Bless You! (WV)

I wanted to thank you for sending me that copy of your new book. I received it last Monday evening and had finished the whole thing by Friday evening! It is wonderful! Thank you for writing such a thorough examination of perseverance and falling away. It has helped me to tell others about the TRUE grace message. As a result, several of my friends are now studying their Bibles more carefully and are asking questions. It has been a God-send. (CA)

Sydney, my husband and I pored over the chapters we were able to print from the book on your website and from these scriptures Sydney decided that OSAS is not what God's Word says. He made the decision to separate ourselves from this assembly which preaches that doctrine. We wait upon the Lord to lead us into an assembly where the Word of God is preached and obeyed. (Barbados)

Hi! I have just been devouring your website! I was raised in a Southern Baptist home, and was always taught "Once Saved, Always Saved." I was also taught that the references you have on your site [about people who willingly sin] are only talking about the unsaved [people who have never accepted Jesus]. Over the course of my life, I have been taught a hodgepodge of both Extreme and Moderate OSAS doctrines.

I never found anyone who could adequately explain how a believer could, at some point, commit "the unpardonable sin" and still go to heaven. I have always believed deep down that salvation was conditional on OUR acceptance or rejection, and not simply at one point of our lives, but over our entire lifetime -- but until I visited your site I was never able to adequately express myself (primarily because I wasn't as faithful as I should have been in reading the Word, and when I did, I tended to believe [though sometimes half-heartedly] the teachings of my pastors and leaders).

Here's what drew me to your site: Just this past Sunday, I got into a debate with my Sunday School class members, because I said that I believed we could "give back" our salvation by willfully choosing to renounce Christ. After a chorus of raucous "NOOOOO!"s, my "error" was "explained" to me -- but the person "correcting" me did not cite Scripture, but "a knowledgeable THEOLOGIAN!" I was incensed that I was being told in essence that a THEOLOGIAN knew more about the Bible and could explain it better than the Bible could explain ITSELF!

After attending worship, I was still pretty upset. I went to one of my pastors and told him what happened. He told me that the "unpardonable sin" WAS PARDONABLE FOR BELIEVERS, EVEN IF THE "BELIEVER" DID NOT REPENT OF IT, BECAUSE IF WE SAY THAT GOD WILL NOT FORGIVE A "BELIEVER" OF IT, WE ARE SAYING THAT THE BLOOD OF JESUS IS NOT ENOUGH. I was shocked. I said that I believed that Jesus' blood could cover all sorts of things, that it could cover ALL that we repent of, but that if JESUS said it was "unpardonable," how could WE justify it as being "pardonable?" He told me he wanted me to read Charles Stanley and Charles Ryrie so that I could have a better "understanding."

So I decided, if I was going to make a good decision about what was "right," I would examine both sides of the argument. (Didn't Solomon say in Proverbs that he who answers a matter without reading it brings folly and shame?) I typed in "Once Saved Always Saved" and got a listing of many sites, yours included. What I found was that the OSAS sites didn't back up much of their teachings with scripture. That bothered me, since I had just gone through that 2 hours before in Sunday School. But YOUR site was different -- instead of "reading into" scripture and having to "explain" what it said, it simply let it speak FOR ITSELF.

Since visiting your site, I have found lots of things that simply AREN'T TAUGHT at my church by way of omission. Some verses I have read I have never read before [to my shame], and some have been "redefined" to only be applied to those who have never been believers, just as in my youth. I am happy to say that since I have started asking questions and have provided Scriptural backing for NOT believing in OSAS, I have had some of my FRIENDS start asking questions about these false doctrines. Please pray that the Holy Spirit will speak to their hearts, and that the Truth of God's Word will be taught openly.

I would appreciate it if you would send me some information about your ministry. I have enjoyed the excerpts from your new book and may purchase a copy [funds permitting, of course -- I am a married mother of three!]. Thank you for your faithful work. It is because of your tangible faith that I have re-examined my "Christian walk" and strive even harder toward the goal, for the glory of God. My eyes have now been opened. In Christ (CA)

I received your book. Thanks for all of your help. I repented of my sin and started walking the straight and narrow again and praise God. He has brought blessing after blessing into my life since I acknowledged the truth. You must live the faith as well as know it and what good is it to know and not do. That brings torture. That is where I was. Now I cling to Jesus for dear life cause he is my life and my salvation. Thank you for putting the truth out there for me. God bless you and your ministry. I am counseling with my pastor also. I can't thank you enough. May the God of all comfort and hope bless you personally as well as your ministry. (Internet)

I'm so happy to FINALLY read something that connects with my doubts about "once saved, always saved." All the people that I've talked to have told me that once you're saved, you're saved. But you are the only one who refuted it and rightly so. I was always confused reading the bible and then having people tell me different things. THANK YOU for not sugar-coating the true teachings of the bible. May God bless you! But now I'm a little worried. I was saved many years ago but I never knew what being a Christian was and so I fell away for about 5-6 years! Only since last Christmas have I come back and that was from pure FEAR of God and His judgement. Is there still hope for me? If I repent can I still make it? Please help me out here. (Internet)

[Response: Greetings in JESUS' holy name. YES, you can come back to God. Remember, the Apostle Peter disowned Jesus 3 times and he came back! The rest of the 12 Apostles also "fell away" and they all came back, except Judas! David came back to God after his adultery and murder! YES, [you] can too! Ponder the Prodigal son teaching. There Jesus taught you can stray to the point of spiritual death and still return to the Lord. See Lk. 15:11-32. Other Scriptures confirm this truth:

"My brethren, if any among you strays from the truth and one turns him back, let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins." James 5:19,20