One of the most defining aspects of John Wesley’s theology is his doctrine of assurance of salvation—the belief that believers can have a real, personal, and present assurance that they are children of God. This doctrine was a hallmark of early...
I always have a degree of hesitation in addressing this topic, because it can quickly spiral into what Paul warns against in 1 Timothy 4:7: “Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives’ tales; rather, train yourself to be godly. For...
The Leningrad Codex (which you can view here!) is one of the most important manuscripts in biblical studies, serving as the oldest complete copy of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) still in existence. For anyone interested in the Bible’s history...
One of the unique challenges in Christian theology is the task of speaking about God—a Being who is eternal, infinite, and transcendent—through human language, which is finite, limited, and bound by created experience. This gap between the nature of...
This sermon considers sacramental theology and how Holy Communion not only sustains the life of the church, but is the fuel for the mission of the church to proclaim Jesus in word and deed.
This is an excerpt from a forthcoming book on the Holy Spirit. In this post I said that the Bible is the foundational authoritative source for right thinking about God. In this post, we will look at the consensual tradition of the church represented...
other believers. In Paul's language, people become members of God's family when they become Christians. We must keep in mind that when we become members of God's family that it is a family that sends. There is not a single member of the family of...
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Six points to sharing your faith. Watch the sermon here.
The Bible is adamant that we not make idols (images or representations of God). The holiness of God is what’s behind the Bible’s strong prohibition against making idols.[1] God is so completely other than (i.e., “holy”) the creation that...