As already announced, I’m working on a manuscript titled Holiness in Fresh Perspective. The goal of the project is very specific: to situate the biblical doctrine of holiness within the new framework of understanding Paul’s thought and theology...
It seems counter-intuitive to think of the holy life as one of rest. Most often we associate spiritual discipline and long-suffering with the way of the holy life, and indeed, the holy life demands them. John Wesley once said, Vain hope! that a...
As I have been working on my Paradox manuscript and posting bits and pieces of it here, I wanted to share something I read by O. Chambers just this morning. Chambers had the gift of clarity, precision, and brevity. On this very topic, he writes...
So what are some of the pivotal paradoxes of Christian theology? The list if endless. There are a few, however, that I sense are more important for the current Church to be reminded of: 1. The Trinity: God is Three, but One 2. The Nature of Jesus:...
Well, I’m taking a quick trip out of Haiti tomorrow to speak at Avon Park Camp meeting in Avon Park, FL (near Orlando). Although I’m sad to be leaving the family (while Stacey is under the weather), as well as disappointed to be away...
Parashat Bo (Exodus 10:1-13:16) “Let my people go, that they may worship me.” (Exodus 10:3) Rabbi Joseph Telushkin aptly writes, “Perhaps the most famous political demand in all history is the one Moses directs at Pharaoh: ‘Let my people go!’ In the...
John Wesley’s doctrine of Christian Perfection is most-times misunderstood by its opponents. John Wesley never taught that Christians should be sinless or could achieve sinlessness in this life. John Wesley believed that sinless Christian...
The worldview and theology of the Hebrew Bible emerges out of the cultural and intellectual milieu of the ancient Near East. While many have argued that the Hebrew Bible is essentially the same as the sacred writings of its ancient neighbors, this...
To understand the Trinity, an entirely new way of thinking about reality had to be developed. The old philosophical framework, the old paradigm, nor the old lens, had the terminology, parameters or scope for dealing with what scripture revealed...
Introduction This note demonstrates how John Wesley’s prevenient grace maintains total depravity without falling into Pelagianism. The first section sets the framework for understanding the uniqueness of Wesley’s prevenient grace by describing...