New Birth

Mark K. Olson: Famous Sermons of John Wesley 7: Salvation by Faith

December 18, 2024 , SEA , Comment Closed

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…

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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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Vic Reasoner, “Interpreting the Word Accurately: Wrestling with Jacob’s Experience (2 Timothy 2:15)”

July 9, 2021 , Jon Gossman , Comment Closed

In Richard S. Taylor’s book Preaching Holiness Today he discusses three classes of holiness texts. A Class A text is a passage where entire sanctification is the main thrust of the passage. John Wesley built…

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Robert L. Brush, “Bondage and Adoption”

March 23, 2021 , Jon Gossman , Comment Closed

“The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God” (Romans 8:16). That the Old Testament saints were justified by faith is clearly stated in Hebrews 11. While the faith…

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John Fletcher, “The New Birth”

March 9, 2021 , Jon Gossman , Comment Closed

[The following is a sermon from The Works of the Reverend John Fletcher, 4 vols. (1833; rpt. Salem, OH: Schmul Publishers, 1974), 4:95-117. The sermon is in four parts and due to the length only…

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Richard Watson, “The New Birth” – Ed. by Vic Reasoner

February 9, 2021 , Jon Gossman , Comment Closed

Richard Watson (1781-1833) Richard Watson was born in Lincolnshire, England and began preaching shortly after his conversion at age 15. He was ordained at 19, but then dropped out of the Methodist Conference under the…

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