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The Keswick Christ-life-other alleged Scriptural support: part 4 of 4 in Does Christ live the Christian Life for the Christian? The Keswick View of Galatians 2:20 Examined
A few other passages can be employed to attempt to support the doctrine that the Lord Jesus Christ lives the Christian life instead of the believer. However, no text in Scripture actually affirms such a proposition. 2 Corinthians 4:10-11 refers to “the life . . . of Jesus.” However, the […]
The Gospel and Separation: The Appearance on the Ground
Some reading “the debate” about the gospel and the place and meaning of repentance relegate it to just semantics and “can’t we all just get along.” This to them is nothing more than an intramural skirmish between fellowshiping brethren. That’s how some choose to characterize these differences over the gospel, but it isn’t how I […]
The Gospel and Separation: What’s Worth Separating Over?
The Apostle Paul writes in Galatians 1:8-9: 8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 9 As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that […]
Keswick and Pentecostal Hermeneutics: Experience Over Grammatical Exegesis
Keswick did not interpret Scripture solely based on the grammatical-historical significance of passages. On the contrary, experience was employed as an extra-biblical hermeneutic with which to interpret Scripture. Consequently, it is unsurprising that Keswick taught: “There are times in our Christian life in which we have . . . to . . . accept as […]
Repentance Isn’t This Nor Is It This Complicated — Please
My attention was drawn to an article at Proclaim & Defend on repentance by John Mincy. After giving his take on why repentance is a controversial issue, he begins explaining that what John the Baptist preached was “sanctification repentance,” the repenting already converted people do on a regular basis after they’ve already been converted. John the […]
Rampant Ideological Hylesism, pt. 3
Part One Part Two Many Christians would declare their dissatisfaction with the culture, but churches have more to do with the culture than any other influence, based upon what scripture teaches. Churches decided to capitulate to the culture as a means of success. Most do that today, to the extent that most don’t even […]
“I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me” Examined: part 3 of 4 in Does Christ live the Christian Life for the Christian? The Keswick View of Galatians 2:20 Examined
The “I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me” in Galatians 2:20 does not mean that Paul actually did not live the Christian life and the Lord Jesus lived it instead of him. Such a conclusion would neglect the fact that Paul specifically says “I live.” Furthermore, Paul does not say, “Christ […]
Rampant Ideological Hylesism, pt. 2
Part One As God looks at what churches and their leaders are doing on earth, He doesn’t have some special antagonism against the name Hyles, because the name Hyles somehow means something nasty. No. It is Hylesism, and unbiblical philosophy and practice and methods that also must proceed from a bad theology. All the former […]
Rampant Ideological Hylesism
People who rejected and still repudiate Jack Hyles at the same time welcome his ideology. They aren’t opposed to Hylesism. If you asked them if they supported Hyles, they would scoff at you and deny with vehemence. Yes, they support the ideology if you remove the Hyles label. It’s still his ideology, but doesn’t have […]
Kenya Trip, Drama, Literature; Chess: Odds and Ends
#1: Kenya Trip As some of you may (or may not) know, I had the privilege of teaching a seminary level class in Trinitarianism in Kenya not that long ago to Kenyan pastors and teachers, including teachers who teach undergraduate courses at the institution where the class was offered. (The class was based upon my […]
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