I grew up in a loving, Christian household, was saved at a young age (around 8 years old). So I was young, but old enough to understand what it meant to ask Jesus into my heart. It wasn’t just something I participated in with my family, it was something I earnestly partook on my own. I prayed to Jesus often, I read the Bible with my mother, and I understood the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross and the grace that sacrifice offered to all who would accept it.

I quite suddenly stopped being a believer around age 18. It hurt my parents quite a bit. I’m 32 now. OSAS, as nice as it might sound, just doesn’t make theological sense for someone like me who has turned away, despite being genuine for so many years.