Once Saved Always Saved – True or False? (Can You Lose Your Salvation Explained)

About this episode

The episode discusses the debate around the doctrine of 'Once Saved Always Saved' and whether salvation can be lost, featuring a TikTok atheist's perspective.

Can you lose your salvation? Is "Once Saved Always Saved" the same thing as the Perseverance of the Saints — or are these actually two different doctrines that Christians keep confusing? Nate and the crew tackle this classic debate head-on, along with a TikTok atheist (a former pastor, naturally) who argues the Bible contradicts itself and Christians have to "torture" the text to make it make sense. Spoiler: they don't torture it very hard.In this episode of the Ask A Christian Podcast, Nate, Steph, Lou, and the panel break down: The viral "former pastor turned atheist" video claiming Paul and James contradict each other on faith and works — and why that's a 101-level misreadThe actual distinction between OSAS (Once Saved Always Saved) and Perseverance of the Saints — yes, they're different, and yes, it mattersWhat actually sends someone to hell — sin or rejection of Christ?A TikTok woman who says Christians are just science-denying religious fanatics quoting Karl Marx — and why that argument is weaker than it soundsThe indwelling Holy Spirit and why critics of Christianity are often fighting with an incomplete pictureHebrews 10 and 12, eternal security, and what it means to…

People in this episode

Hosts: Nate, Steph, Lou

Guest: TikTok atheist

Topics covered

• salvation
• Christian doctrine
• faith and works
• eternal security
• debate
• Christianity vs atheism

Keywords

• Once Saved Always Saved
• salvation
• Perseverance of the Saints
• faith
• works
• eternal security
• Christianity
• atheism

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Hebrews 10, Hebrews 12, Bible, OSAS, Perseverance of the Saints

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