The Pilgrim's Regress: Guarding against Backsliding and Apostasy in the Christian Life (Mark Jones)

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Mark Jones addresses the uncomfortable topic of backsliding believers—and, to a lesser extent, apostasy—in a serious, hopeful, and pastoral work informed by wise theologians of the past and present.

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Endorsements

“Each chapter is a wake‑up call providing clear spiritual medicine for Christians to progress and not regress in their faith. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It’s a must-read.”

—Rosaria Butterfield, author, Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age

“Warning! Don’t read this book if you don’t want to be confronted with the danger of backsliding to which every Christian is constantly exposed. Warning! Don’t read this book if you don’t want to be encouraged by learning of the resources readily available to every Christian for countering the ever-present tendency to backsliding. Reading this book has been a searching experience for me personally, as Mark Jones carefully delineates the various regressive tendencies that plague the Christian life, explores the difference between them and irremediable apostasy, and unfolds in a deeply probing way the thoroughly sufficient and efficacious remedies that Scripture provides. Don’t heed my warnings. Read this book!”

—Richard B. Gaffin Jr., Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology, Emeritus, Westminster Theological Seminary

Table of Contents

Foreword by Tim Challies ix

Preface xi Acknowledgments xv

Introduction xvii

1. The Testimony of Scripture 1

2. The Pilgrim’s Progress 13

3. The Varieties of Christians 25

4. The Insidiousness of Sin 37

5. The Coldness of Love 51

6. The Resurgence of Pride 65

7. The Abandonment of Godly Fear 77

8. The Death of Mortification 91

9. The Neglect of Prayer 105

10. The Disregard for Scripture 119

11. The Abandonment of Church 129

12. The Folly of Backsliding 139

13. The Recovery of Backsliders 149

14. The Slide to Apostasy 159

15. The Victory of Weak Grace 169

Conclusion 181

For Further Reading 185

Bibliography 187

Index of Scripture 193

Index of Subjects and Names 201

Product Details

Title: The Pilgrim's Regress: Guarding against Backsliding and Apostasy in the Christian Life  

Author: Mark Jones

Publisher: P&R Publishing

Pages: 240

Binding: Paperback

Size: 22.8 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm

ISBN: 9781629959665