>“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 ‘Wesleyan-Arminian’ Category
22 Dec
>Spiritual Formation according to Witherington and Wesley
>More good stuff from Ben Witherington today on “A Normal Christian Life“: …There is no spiritual formation practice more important than the active loving of God with whole heart and neighbor and others as self. And the interesting by-product of such loving is that we become holy people, we become set apart for God, we [...]
22 Dec
>Something to think about…
> …we do not have to do our spiritual formation alone. For one thing, God is already at work in us to will and to do. For another thing we have been joined to a body of believers by God’s Spirit and they are all on the same pilgrimage. Spiritual formation is chiefly part of [...]
5 Dec
>Francis Asbury’s admonition to preachers
>As Francis Asbury drew closer to the end of his life his health was in terrible condition, however he refused to quit preaching. His traveling companion reflected, “Such was the shattered state of his lungs in the latter part of his life, that it afflicted him very much to preach: especially to large congregations. His [...]
1 Nov
>Fotia Journal
> The inaugural issue of Fotia is now available. Fotia is an online journal for church leaders and students in the conservative holiness movement that addresses topics of interest and challenges that church leaders face in the twenty-first century. The primary audience is within the conservative holiness movement. I am a contributing editor to Fotia and [...]
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.” [...]
7 Jul
>The machine-gun hermeneutic
>”The machine-gun hermeneutic is essentially an argument from verbosity using Scriptural quotations. I could break down the entire chapter of Hebrews 10, and demonstrate how the entire context, as well as the intention of the entire book, demonstrate that it is possible that a true believer can fall away from the faith. Then the Calvinist [...]
8 May
>Merger?
>I’ve been reading with interest Ken Schenck’s posts this week about the possibility of “The Great Merger of Wesleyanism.” According to Schenck a recent report of the meeting of the General Board of Administration of The Wesleyan Church included the following: Approved a resolution authorizing the Board of General Superintendents to pursue further discussions with [...]
23 Apr
>Quote of the day
>“Where Christian perfection is not strongly and explicitly preached, there is seldom any remarkable blessing from God; and consequently, little life in the members of it.” – John Wesley
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 [...]
