Ditching the Checklist Assurance of Salvation for Evangelicals (& Other Sinners)

With ample scriptural evidence, Ditching the Checklist challenges those who seek to supplement faith in Christ alone for salvation with exercises in piety or good works. Christian security is to be found in God’ s promise of salvation freely given in Jesus Christ and not in putting our faith in our faith or our own righteousness. God’ s word alone is sufficient to save sinners. Nothing other than Jesus is required to secure those consciences anxious about God’ s judgment.

Mark Mattes serves as the Lutheran Bible Institute Chair in Theology at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa. Prior to this call, he served parishes in Gardner, IL, and Antigo, WI. He has authored and edited numerous books, including Martin Luther’ s Theology of Beauty, The Role of Justification in Contemporary Theology, Imaging the Journey, and Law and Gospel in Action.