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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 […]
Let’s Talk About the Meaning of the Words and the Grammar of Ephesians 5:18 as to the Prohibition of Alcoholic Beverage
Here is a one stop shop location on the subject of drinking alcohol — you can also add these (one, two, three, four, five) — and a five part series I wrote in 2009: Parts One, Two, Three, Four, Five. ************************************** Ephesians 5:18 and Its Context In Ephesians 5:18, the Apostle Paul writes: And be […]
Hyper-Dispensationalism: A Dangerous Perversion of Dispensationalism
Explaining Dispensationalism Versus Hyper-Dispensationalism Dispensationalism and Hyper-Dispensationalism Opponents of a grammatical-historical interpretation of scripture, the desert island approach, originalism, also called “premillennialism,” will, either purposefully or not, characterize hyper-dispensationalism as what is dispensationalism. I’m saying, they equate hyper-dispensationalism with dispensationalism. I have not found that most critics of dispensationalism even understand dispensationalism. If they do, […]
The Terrible Effect of the Wrong View of Church on a Truly Biblical Understanding of Unity and the Truth
In two passages, Jesus taught how to pray — Matthew 6 and Luke 11 — with a model prayer. Both those are the same. The New Testament references Jesus praying many times, but actual recorded prayers of His are very few: a couple of thanks (Matthew 11:25-26, John 11:41-42), very brief cries on the cross […]
Colossians 1:24: The Place of Suffering in Ministry and Sanctification of Others
Epistle to the Colossians The Lord Jesus Christ, the Apostles, and the first century Christian, as you know, all suffered. Greatly. It was their way of life, enduring a lot of opposition, hardship, and physical persecution. Jesus, as you remember, said to expect it. They hated me, so they’ll hate you. This is also what […]
Steps in the Right Process for Belief Change (Part Five)
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Changing and Changes Ever since mankind fell in the Garden of Eden and sin entered the world, God required men to change. Everyone needs to change through their life, which is growth. The Lord commands, especially believers, to grow. If they grow, they are […]
Steps in the Right Process for Belief Change (Part Four)
Part One Part Two Part Three Salvation involves change. Any man in Christ is a new creature (2 Corinthians 5:18). Then he keeps changing all through the rest of his life to conform to the image of Jesus Christ (Romans 8:29). Change starts with scripture and then will petition counsel. The one changing […]
Steps in the Right Process for Belief Change (Part Three)
Part One Part Two Someone who doesn’t either believe right or practice right should change. When something isn’t right, it’s because it differs from what God says in HIs Word. Change should then proceed from the Bible too. However, much change actually defies scripture. Someone changes to adapt to his lust or his own […]
Steps in the Right Process for Belief Change (Part Two)
Part One Change, Sanctification, and God’s Purpose The Bible says change is God’s purpose for people. The Apostle Paul in a pivotal moment in his epistle to the church at Rome, writes (Romans 8:28-30): 28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the […]
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