Earl Davis approached this topic twice. Both take Romans 10:10, “For with the heart man believers unto righteousness,” as their text, and both discuss several identical examples. It is pretty clear that “Irrepressible Impulse to Growth” is the first attempt; it is short and does not really come a conclusion. Whereas “Growth and Salvation” reads as a full completed sermon.

Here we provide first the final sermon, “Growth and Salvation,” and beneath that Earl Davis’ first pass through this material, “The Irrepressible Impulse to Growth.”