For example, he states: “I have not argued that perseverance is the basis for assurance, rather I have argued that failure to persevere serves to undermine assurance. The basis for assurance is Christ and his work and its entailments.”12 This is pretty standard Reformed stuff. The objective realities of Christ’s work on the Cross and His promise of salvation to the believer are considered certainties which all good Reformed people believe without question. But the problem is that Reformed people