Robert Ricker • George Verwer • Steve Douglass • Paul Larsen • Paul Cedar • George Brushaber • Bob Ricker

They are in every church – people struggling with doubts about their salvation. Though they don’t express their doubts openly, the fear that they will not go to heaven is real and powerful.

Nothing is more important than knowing what’s required now to determine our eternal destiny. But how can we know with certainty? How can we be assured of heaven?

Now there’s a new book that helps people work through their doubts.

Assurance of Heaven: Defeating Doubts and Confirming Certainty, by Bob Ricker, is the complete resource on this subject.

Dr. Ricker was a pastor for 24 years. Large churches in California and Minnesota. And he was President of a denomination for 15 years, the Baptist General Conference, with over 2,000 churches worldwide. And he has insights gained from service on boards and committees of many Christian organizations.

In fact, Ricker himself, personally, has had secret doubts, and he shares them. He understands people’s struggle with what and why they believe, wondering if what they have been taught is really true, worrying what might happen if they were to die suddenly right now.

People want more than just opinions, or a church party line. They want clear documentation from the Bible. They want to see it from the Bible with their own eyes.

So Ricker has gathered the primary passages from the Bible – 302 of them – that answer the questions of doubt, and he has laid them out in this book, with engaging commentary, in a way that shows how the passages relate to each other, interpret each other, and reconcile with each other.

Evangelical leaders are enthusiastically recommending this book:

It’s interesting reading because Ricker illustrates Bible statements with personal experiences from his own faith journey.

Most people don’t have time to do this kind of in-depth Bible research and documentation, but Ricker has made it easy, distilling everything into 220 pages of easy reading, plus a cross-referenced index of verses. Not only is it helpful for personal study, but this book is also a great resource for small groups, complete with discussion questions.

Assured of Heaven: Defeating Doubts and Confirming Certainty is available online now from Assurance Books.

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