“Please God, let me sin!” This is the cry of the antinomian. Often those who hold to so called “free grace” teaching like to say that they are not wanting to allow for sinful living…
Holiness
Roy Ingle, “Tozer On God’s Holiness (And Our Own!)”
A.W. Tozer writes this powerful statement about God’s holiness and the fact that He requires His children to be holy as well (1 Peter 1:15-16). This no doubt is a great statement about holiness and…
William Burt Pope, “The Moral Attributes of God Part 8: The Union of Holiness, Righteousness, and Love in the Atonement as Administered in the Gospel”
Please click on the link to view William Burt Pope, “The Moral Attributes of God Part 8: The Union of Holiness, Righteousness, and Love in the Atonement as Administered in the Gospel” from pp. 352-53…
William Burt Pope, “The Moral Attributes of God Part 7: Holiness and Love as Combined in Redemption”
Please click on the link to view William Burt Pope, “The Moral Attributes of God Part 7: Holiness and Love as Combined in Redemption” from pp. 348-51 of the first volume of his 3-volume systematic…
Roy Ingle, “But I Want To Sin”
I was listening recently to a radio program that is hosted by an antinomian who teaches that since all our sins were forgiven in Christ Jesus at the cross (John 19:30), then it logically follows…
William Burt Pope, “The Moral Attributes of God Part 2: Holiness and Love”
Please click on the link to view William Burt Pope, “The Moral Attributes of God Part 2: Holiness and Love” from pp. 329-34 of the first volume of his 3-volume systematic theology, A Compendium of…
Mark K. Olson, “Early Methodists on the New Birth: George Whitefield, John Wesley, & John Fletcher”
The Evangelical Revival broke out in the 1730s with the central message, “You must be born again” (Jn 3:7). The two most famous evangelists of the new movement were George Whitefield (1714-1770) and John Wesley (1703-1791). They both…
Roy Ingle, “Be Wary of Not Resisting Sin”
In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. – Hebrews 12:4 For it, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of…
David deSilva, “Are We Made Righteous by Works? (Global Methodist Church Catechism)”
Seedbed has excerpts on its website from Christian Faith and Doctrine: An Annotated Catechism for the Global Methodist Church. This excerpt provides David deSilva’s commentary on Question 18: 18. Are we made righteous by works?…
Kevin Jackson, “A Wesleyan-Arminian Defense of the Penal Substitution Theory of Atonement”
This post is about why I believe the Penal Substitution theory of Atonement is compatible with the Wesleyan-Arminian theology. It is scripturally supported, it is easy to understand, it is advocated by Wesleyans and Arminians…
Gordon Fee on Continuance in Salvation
“We should note also that for Paul ‘salvation in Christ’ included both ‘getting in’ and ‘staying in’; that is, Paul’s view of ‘getting saved’ had to do with faith in Christ that also includes ‘faithfulness’…
Roy Ingle, “Don’t Lose Your Passion In Hating Sin”
So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. Do not present your…
Mark K. Olson: Famous Sermons of John Wesley 10: The Circumcision of the Heart
It is estimated that John Wesley traveled around 250,000 miles and preached over 40,000 sermons in a span of 66 years. This series by Mark K. Olson, taken from his website Wesleyscholar.com, includes summaries and links…
Mark K. Olson: Famous Sermons of John Wesley 8: The Great Privilege of Those Born of God
It is estimated that John Wesley traveled around 250,000 miles and preached over 40,000 sermons in a span of 66 years. This series by Mark K. Olson, taken from his website Wesleyscholar.com, includes summaries and links…
Roy Ingle, “Eternal Security: For Those Whom I Address”
For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.…
Mark K. Olson: Famous Sermons of John Wesley 6: Christian Perfection
It is estimated that John Wesley traveled around 250,000 miles and preached over 40,000 sermons in a span of 66 years. This series by Mark K. Olson, taken from his website Wesleyscholar.com, includes summaries and links…
Mark K. Olson, “John Wesley as Spiritual Father, Part Two”
Introduction: in this two-part study we are looking at Wesley’s spiritual counsel to seekers of heart holiness. In Part One we examine Wesley’s understanding of two works of grace, the first wilderness state, attaining perfect…
Roy Ingle, “Set Free From Sin Or To Sin?”
Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.” – John 8:34 When then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under…
Roy Ingle, “Keeps On Keeping”
“Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.” – John 8:51 I suppose one of the greatest threats to Christianity comes not from atheists or from other…
Mark K. Olson: Famous Sermons of John Wesley 4: On Working Out Our Own Salvation
It is estimated that John Wesley traveled around 250,000 miles and preached over 40,000 sermons in a span of 66 years. This series by Mark K. Olson, taken from his website Wesleyscholar.com, includes summaries and links…
