An inductive study of salvation, built around a single question: can a true Christian lose their salvation? The study refuses to answer it in Session 1. It hands the question to the group sealed in an envelope and spends fourteen weeks letting Scripture answer it, so the group reads, discovers, and concludes before any authority is quoted. The envelopes open in Session 8. The arc runs from the three tenses of salvation and the grace that comes first, through Baptism, justification, faith working through love, and adoption; into the warnings both sides would rather manage, the difference between sin that kills and sin that wounds, and the door Christ built for the fallen; then out through perseverance, merit, the assurance a Catholic really has, purification, and glory. Every objection, Once Saved Always Saved above all, is presented in its strongest form, from its own best texts, before it is answered. An Exodus map planted on the first night pays off five times, a verse parked in Session 1 is answered in Session 12, and the study's title is hiding in a verse the group will not read until the final week. Each session carries a Leader Preparation Guide, a Discussion Guide, and a Leader Reference Card listing every passage in order. Scripture follows the Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition. Leader guides and take-home sheets for every session.
Hold Fast runs 14 sessions. Every session comes with a complete leader's preparation guide and a printable take-home sheet for the people in the room, and the full text of each night can be read on a phone from the list below. All of it is free to download, print, and share, with no sign up and no cost.
Every title below opens the full leader's guide for that night, set to read on a phone. Nothing is held back and nothing asks for an email address.
You do not need to be a theologian to lead Hold Fast. The leader's guide carries the questions, the answers, and the background, so the group can discover the text together. There is a short guide to hosting a Bible study if this is your first one, and a set of six questions that will help you choose a study if you are still deciding.