Salt That Lost Its Savor

"Not everyone who says 'Lord, Lord' will enter the kingdom of heaven." - Matthew 7:21
They prophesied in His name. They cast out demons in His name. They did many wonderful works in His name. And Jesus looked at them and said the most terrifying words in all of Scripture: "I never knew you."
They were not atheists. They were not the openly wicked. They were religious - certain they belonged, active in ministry, fluent in Scripture. And they were lost.
In Salt That Lost Its Savor, Balthasar Basileia confronts the counterfeit Christianity Jesus warned about more fiercely than any other sin: the Pharisee who performs, the lukewarm heart Christ spits from His mouth, the form of godliness that denies its power. This is the faith that has the buildings, the music, the raised hands, and the right opinions - but a heart that is far from God.
Tracing the warning from the seven woes of Matthew 23 to the vomit-inducing lukewarmness of Laodicea, from the whited sepulchres to the wolves in sheep's clothing, this book holds a mirror up to modern churchgoing and asks the question almost no one dares to ask: Am I actually saved - or only religious?
You will confront the Scriptures the comfortable church avoids:

• "So then because thou art lukewarm... I will spue thee out of my mouth." (Revelation 3:16)
• "This people honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me." (Matthew 15:8)
• "Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away." (2 Timothy 3:5)
• "By their fruits ye shall know them." (Matthew 7:20)

But this is not a book written to condemn. It is a warning written in love - and it does not leave you in the grave it exposes. The same Christ who tears back the disguise is the One who stands at the door and knocks, who runs to meet the prodigal still a great way off, who gives a new heart to anyone honest enough to ask. The final chapters are a way home: from form to fire, from performance to a broken and contrite heart, from religion to real, living faith.
If you have ever feared that your Christianity might be only skin-deep - read this book. That fear may be the mercy of God, knocking.
Examine yourself. Open the door. He is still knocking.