once saved, always saved.” He went on to expound what that meant. After he was done, one of the pastors stood up and said, “I have a problem with the way you expressed that. It expressed too much passivity. We call it ‘the perseverance of the saints,’ not ‘once saved, always saved,’ because we have to persevere, and the Holy Spirit perseveres with us. That’s how we’re secure.” I thought, He’s just trying to split hairs. Then I got thinking about it. He really has a good point. In the perseverance