>“The whole design of God was to restore man to his image, and raise him from the ruins of his fall; in a word, to make him perfect; to blot out all his sins, purify his soul, and fill him with all holiness, so that no unholy temper, evil desire, or impure affection or passion [...]
Archive for the ‘Holiness’ Category
12 Sep
>The man John Wesley wished he could imitate…
> On September 12, 1729 John William Fletcher was born. Fletcher was a contemporary of John Wesley, a strong proponent of Wesleyan theology, and one of Methodism’s first great theologians. John Wesley had this to say about John Fletcher: “An obedience discovered itself in Fletcher of Madeley, which I wish I could describe or imitate.” [...]
13 Aug
>The importance of the Holy Spirit
>”You might as well try to see without eyes, hear without ears, or breathe without lungs, as to try to live the Christian life without the Holy Spirit” Dwight L. Moody
21 May
>Would you buy your son a stack of pornographic magazines?
>http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11750306&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1
25 Feb
Declaring His Glory – Among All People!
Currently I am reading American Saint: Francis Asbury and the Methodists(which is a great book by the way). Today as I was reading I read how in 1790 African-American’s made up 20% of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In some places there was an even greater percentage than this! In the district that Francis Asbury knew [...]
16 Jan
Facebook Advertisement for Classic Holiness Sermons
Recently I ran this ad on Facebook for Classic Holiness Sermons. This was really an experiment for me. I had a $50 ad credit to use and thought I would put it to good use and see how many people I could bring to the site by advertising it. My budget was only $5 a [...]
16 Sep
A beautiful prayer
I was reading First Clement today and came across this beautiful prayer and thought I would share it here. First Clement is perhaps the oldest Christian document outside of the Bible. It was probably written in 96 A.D. The following prayer is taken from First Clement chapters 59-61: …we will ask, making with earnestness our [...]
23 Jun
Entire Sanctification, Revival, and Calvinism
John Wesley believed that if anyone would respond to God in faith, repent of rebellion against God, and live in obedience to God’s commands, they would not only be saved, but would be on track towards moral purity. He firmly believed, practiced, and taught the doctrine of Christian Perfection (entire sanctification). He wrote, "This doctrine [...]
16 Jun
Do you know the difference?
According to John Wesley in his sermon "On God’s Vineyard", Methodist’s know the difference between Justification and Sanctification. According to Wesley, it "pleased God to give the Methodists a full and clear knowledge of each, and the wide difference between them." He continues: They know, indeed, that at the same time a man is justified, [...]
16 Jun
Solitary Religion?
The following was written by John Wesley as his Preface to the 1739 Hymnbook. "Directly opposite to this [mysticism] is the gospel of Christ. Solitary religion is not to be found there. ‘ Holy solitaries’ is a phrase no more consistent with the gospel than holy adulterers. The gospel of Christ knows of no religion [...]
