Spiritual Formation

Marks of the Loss of First Love

March 8, 2017 , drwayman , Comment Closed

“Uncle Buddy” Robinson was a popular evangelist in the early Church of the Nazarene. He claimed to have preached 32,176 sermons and won 200,000 converts. His preaching style was known for it’s simplicity, yet is…

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Wesley’s 22 questions

September 19, 2016 , drwayman , Comment Closed

These are 22 questions the members of John Wesley’s Holy Club asked themselves every day in their private devotions over 200 years ago. Interesting how they are still relevant today. 1. Am I consciously or…

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Roy Ingle, “Preaching Perseverance”

October 22, 2015 , SEA , Comment Closed

Is it wrong to preach on perseverance? This seems like a logical question to ask if you come from a Calvinist perspective. For many Calvinists, it would not be wrong to preach on perseverance and…

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Roger Olson, “Follow Up to My Post about the False Gospel of ‘Christian’ Moralism”

November 28, 2014 , SEA , 1 Comment

My immediately preceding post about how the “gospel” of Christian moralism has largely replaced the true gospel and where Calvinism and Arminianism agree provoked some questions and disagreements. Let me reiterate here my firm belief…

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Roger Olson, “Where Calvinists and Arminians Agree: Everything Good Is Gift”

November 26, 2014 , SEA , 1 Comment

I swear this is the truth: If it weren’t for an avalanche of unfair attacks on and misrepresentations of Arminian theology by Calvinists during the 1990s I would never have set out on my crusade…

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Classic Catechism Possibly in Third Translation

October 9, 2014 , drwayman , Comment Closed

When my revision of the Catechism of the Free Methodist Church was published in 2006 as Classic Catechism, I had hopes that it would be put to good use in America. To date, it has…

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What are you reading for?

June 7, 2013 , SEA , Comment Closed

written by SEA member, Roy Ingle After reading a commentary on the book of Romans and especially studying Romans 9 for a series of posts I was doing on the subject of prevenient grace, I…

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John Wesley’s Approach to Spiritual Formation

September 19, 2012 , SEA , Comment Closed

This post was written by Ben Espinoza on the Seedbed.com website Perhaps my greatest research interest as of late is studying how various theologians and church leaders throughout history sought to form and educate believers…

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“Three Lies About Sin” by Robert Hamilton.

July 8, 2009 , Patron , No Comment

I am shocked at how easily, even in my most rational moments, I can sometimes walk willingly into sin. Even when I know a dozen good reasons why I shouldn’t do it, I can be…

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