Assurance of Faith
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As we’ve been learning, a Christian can have real, saving faith without full assurance. Assurance can increase or diminish over time and sometimes never be fully attained. In this lesson, Dr. Beeke pastorally considers Westminster Confession of Faith 18.4 and the various reasons why a Christian may lose a sense of assurance and how it can be renewed.
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Joel Beeke
Dr. Joel R. Beeke is president and professor of systematic theology and homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, a pastor of the Heritage Netherlands Reformed Congregation in Grand Rapids, Mich., and editorial director of Reformation Heritage Books. He is author of numerous books, including Living for God’s Glory: An Introduction to Calvinism and Reformed Systematic Theology.
