The Historical and Biblical Outlier of Wesleyan Salvation and Sanctification (Part 3)
Part One Part Two Wesley’s Incoherent System: Baptismal Regeneration, Apostasy, and the Second Blessing Very few modern Wesleyans and Methodists deal with or consider at all their historical and theological foundations in baptismal regeneration. What has happened across the spectrum of Wesleyan and Methodist denominations is not a careful theological resolution of the contradiction […]
The Historical and Biblical Outlier of Wesleyan Salvation and Sanctification (Part 2)
Part One John Wesley came along in the history of England in and under the authority of the Church of England (COE), which represented and preached a false gospel, hence a damning one too. False gospels don’t change lives and conform people to the image of the Son, so it results in all the evidence […]
The Historical and Biblical Outlier of Wesleyan Salvation and Sanctification
Wesleyan History The Anglican church never was a true church. You reader probably know the history. It arose from Henry VIII’s desire to divorce his wife. From this rejection of the Roman Catholic Church proceeded a Protestant Reformation in England, that never did discard the state church and many Roman Catholic teachings. In whatever way […]
Steps in the Right Process for Belief Change (Part Eleven)
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six Part Seven Part Eight Part Nine Part Ten Scripture exposes the right process for belief change. The Bible requires change, conforming to the image of the Son (Romans 8:29-30). Jesus expected change among the […]
The “Blotting Out” Passages in the Bible and Eternal Security
In 2 Timothy 2:15, the Apostle Paul writes under the inspiration of God: Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. The Greek term translated “rightly dividing,” ὀρθοτομοῦντα (orthotomounta) is a hapax legomenon (once said or used) in the New Testament. It […]
The Purposefully Shifty and Grifty Language about “Middle East Wars”
Polls in the U. S. show both a lack of support for the Iran War and a diminishing job approval for President Trump because of the war. Both of these proceed from what I’m calling purposefully shifty and grifty language from every form of media about “Middle East Wars.” The plural “wars” instead of “war” […]