This work provides full biblical expositions of the following topics from the following sections of the New Hampshire Confession of Faith (1833): Section I: Of the Fall of ManSection VII: Of Grace and RegenerationSection VIII: Of Repentance and FaithSection XI: Of the Perseverance of SaintsOriginally delivered by Dr. Brunson in the Distinguished Lecture Series of the Darby-Beal Endowment for the Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary, the lectures have been edited to ensure readability for the non-seminarian.Dr. Brunson has also included a thought provoking chapter on "The Value of Confessions of Faith," as well as an updated version of the New Hampshire Confession in modern English.Those interested in serious theological inquiry about early American Baptist history will find this book most interesting, especially Southern Baptists who want to know their "roots."The book also will appeal to those interested in the ongoing debate over the sovereignty of God versus human free will.