holiness theology
Eradication of the Sin Nature? Huh?
Monday/April/2013 10:51 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology
Why did the Holiness writers in the Wesleyan tradition speak of the “eradication of the sin nature”? What on earth did they mean by that? Read More...Comments
Some Helpful Wesleyan Perspectives
Thursday/April/2013 12:14 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology
Reflections on some quotations from an essay by Jerry Walls and Kyle Blanchette. Read More...Holiness Texts: Romans 2:29
Tuesday/April/2013 09:17 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology
"But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God." Read More...Ben Witherington: Why a Wesleyan Approach to Theology?
Thursday/April/2013 08:02 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology
Yes, this is another video in the excellent 7 Minute Seminary series from Asbury Theological Seminary. Read More...Holiness Texts: John 17:17-23
Tuesday/April/2013 11:26 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology
"'Sanctify them in the truth; Thy word is truth. As Thou didst send Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth. I do not ask in behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word; that they may all be one; even as Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be in Us; that the world may believe that Thou didst send Me. And the glory which Thou hast given Me I have given to them; that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them, and Thou in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, that the world may know that Thou didst send Me, and didst love them, even as Thou didst love Me.'" Read More...Holiness Texts: John 8:34-36
Tuesday/April/2013 12:45 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology
"Jesus answered them, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin. And the slave does not remain in the house forever; the son does remain forever. If therefore the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed'." (John 8:34-36, NASB.) Read More...Holiness Texts: Matthew 22:37
Thursday/March/2013 11:54 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology
"And He said to him, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.’" — Matthew 22:37, NASB. Read More...Holiness Texts: Matthew 6:10
Monday/March/2013 09:57 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology
Holiness Texts: Matthew 5:48
Tuesday/March/2013 14:16 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology
"Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect." — Matthew 5:48, NASB. Read More...Holiness Texts: Ezekiel 36:25, 26, 29
Thursday/March/2013 14:28 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology
“Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh." Ezekiel 36:25,26, NASB. "Moreover, I will save you from all your uncleanness; and I will call for the grain and multiply it, and I will not bring a famine on you." Ezekiel 36:29, NASB. Read More...Holiness Texts: Matthew 5:8
Wednesday/February/2013 16:37 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology
The Holiness Texts of John Wesley
Friday/February/2013 16:21 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology
John Wesley taught that people cannot have the kind of the faith that brings them into a new or deeper experience of God's grace unless they first had "a Divine evidence and conviction... that God hath promised it in the Holy Scripture." Read More...A Wesleyan Voice? #AndCanItBe
Tuesday/February/2013 18:48 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology
A brief response to some concerns and ideas raised by Kevin Watson & Matt O’Reilly. Read More...Holiness and the Bible
Wednesday/February/2013 12:27 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology
I have this crazy notion that even if people forgot about Wesley and Fletcher and Clarke and Finney and Mahan, etc. but would just come to the Bible with open hearts & minds, the holiness themes would re-assert themselves. Read More...A Call to Holiness
Monday/October/2012 12:41 Filed in: Quotations
“By the grace of God, let us covenant together to be a holy people.”Holiness & The Means of Grace
Thursday/March/2013 07:50 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology | Christian Perfection
A quote from an old (1946) study of the theology of John Wesley (emphasis mine)… Read More...We Trust. God Works
Tuesday/June/2012 12:57 Filed in: Quotations | Christian Perfection
“Now under these circumstances, what is the part of the believer, and what is the part of the Lord?” Read More...Wesley: A Sinful Body?
Wednesday/May/2012 16:54 Filed in: John Wesley | Christian Perfection
John Wesley responds to this objection: ‘But surely we cannot be saved from sin, while we dwell in a sinful body.’ Read More...Lindström: Faith & Final Salvation
Wednesday/March/2013 12:42 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology
“Thus the condition necessary to final salvation coincides fairly closely with that necessary to the maintenance of the Christian life in general. In both cases it is a matter of the faith active in love.” Read More...Lindström: God's Law Keeps Us Alive
Friday/March/2013 16:17 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology
A brief quote on the function of the moral law in the Christian life.Some Things That Methodism Stands For
Thursday/April/2012 17:05 Filed in: Methodism | Wesleyan Theology
Here's a great old article about Methodism and what the Methodist churches teach — and seek to live. The author summarizes the things that have made Methodism a distinctive movement within Christianity. Read More...Lindström: Forgiveness & Sanctification
Thursday/March/2013 09:26 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology | Christian Perfection
“Forgiveness and sanctification are the two cardinal factors in [John Wesley’s] idea of salvation….” Read More...Wesley: The Whole of Christian Perfection
Thursday/December/2012 08:28 Filed in: John Wesley | Christian Perfection
“What is then the perfection of which man is capable while he dwells in a corruptible body?” Read More...Reversing the Flow of Contagion
Wednesday/December/2011 12:19 Filed in: Holiness | Wesleyan Theology
Wesley: Two Paths
A quote from John Wesley: Christians have “the choice of walking in the higher or the lower path.” Read More...