Beyond Belief: The Promise, the Power, and the Reality of the Everlasting Gospel

by Jack Sequeira

Originally published by Pacific Press Publishing Assn., then republished by Glad Tidings Publishers with an added "Objections Considered." This book cuts through the theological fog and reveals the gospel in magnificent clarity.

188 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

Reviews

[Dan Walker · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a comprehensive, detailed review of how salvation works and what good news it is for all of us.

Warning: it is a dense book. It delves deeply into theology, and you should read it side-by-side with the Bible. It is not a light read. But I stuck with it and came out with much more confidence in my understanding of salvation and much more assurance of salvation. We love Him because He first loved us, and not the other way around.

Reading this book simultaneously with Mere Christianity worked very well. Now when CS Lewis reviews the reality of being a sinful human and what salvation really means, I understood what he meant.

So get a copy and increase your love for Jesus!

[dia · Rating 3 out of 5]

The parts of this book that I found most interesting are those that are better covered in Ty Gibson’s Sonship. I appreciate this book as a strong statement of a man’s interpretation of salvation. Sequeira seems to know what he believes with some level of consistency. Nevertheless he relies a lot on the law-fulfilling power of Christ’s blood without any attempt at substantiating that in a way that I personally find satisfactory. And he had space to do it! Much of this work suffers from the Adventist editing trend (minimalism) (in the editing not in the final result). I liked the Bible verses.