Baptism

Mark K. Olson, “The New Birth in the Early Wesley”

June 3, 2024 , SEA , Comment Closed

[To view the footnotes on this page, scroll down to the bottom of the page. Clicking on the hyperlinked footnotes will take you off site to the notes in the original article location.] Introduction Studies…

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Mark K. Olson, “John Wesley’s Doctrine of the Baptism with the Holy Spirit: An Exegetical Study – Part Two”

May 3, 2024 , SEA , Comment Closed

Abstract: After looking at Wesley’s Journal, sermons, and NT commentary in Part One to discern his views on Spirit baptism. In Part Two, we survey Spirit baptism as the standard of spirituality and move on…

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Mark K. Olson, “John Wesley’s Doctrine of the Baptism with the Holy Spirit: An Exegetical Study – Part One”

April 26, 2024 , SEA , Comment Closed

Abstract: In this two-part study John Wesley’s understanding of the baptism with the Holy Spirit is examined in detail. The phrase has been linked to a second, post-justification blessing in Holiness and Pentecostal theology. The…

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Joseph D. McPherson, “Born of Water, Born of the Spirit: What Did Jesus Mean by Being “Born of Water?”

June 29, 2021 , Jon Gossman , Comment Closed

Jesus’ words to Nicodemus found in John 3:5 are not only startling, but strongly enforced. Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter…

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Joseph D. McPherson, “Adam Clarke’s Defense of Water Baptism”

May 19, 2021 , Jon Gossman , Comment Closed

The modern holiness movement has tended to place far less importance upon the sacrament of water baptism than did the New Testament Church. By so doing they have departed from a plain Scriptural pattern. In…

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Vic Reasoner, “The Earle & Clarke Exposition”

May 4, 2021 , Jon Gossman , Comment Closed

Adam Clarke was once considered a dunce, yet he learned twenty languages. He overcame his fears to become the most able biblical scholar of his time in the English-speaking world. When he died the Conference…

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Elmer Long, “Pentecost”

March 8, 2021 , Jon Gossman , Comment Closed

In order to answer some charges that are leveled against us concerning the disciples and Pentecost, we herein give a brief account of our position, one we believe to be true to the Bible. It…

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Roy Ingle, “Arminius on Water Baptism”

September 4, 2018 , SEA , Comment Closed

The following is taken from The Works of Arminius on baptism. Arminius held to baptism by sprinking and he also practiced and taught infant baptism as can be seen from this article. This is one area of…

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