Monthly Archives: July 2014

I dreamed that I was on what was then an incomplete highway—currently under construction in the area that I grew up. Road signs would say, “Future I-540.” In the dream, I was in a crowd of about thirty young men … Continue reading →

Romans 6 begins Paul’s teaching on sanctification, which is the majority of his Gospel.

Originally from here. Never Talk Against ‘Legalism’: Call It Tenderness of Conscience. Legality [Legalism], with most who use that term, really means tenderness of conscience. There is no propriety in the word if one would take it for seeking justification … Continue reading →

Originally from here. At the time of Stanley Frodsham’s birth in 1882 in Bournemouth, England, many women were losing their lives in childbirth, so his mother who walked with God gave herself unto prayer dedicating him to the Lord while … Continue reading →

Because you are lukewarm–neither hot nor cold–I am about to spit you out of My mouth! –Jesus, Revelation 3:16 Listen to the Holy Spirit in your heart! (1 John 2:27). And judge for yourselves the things I am going to … Continue reading →

The Holiness Movement among American Methodists in the 1830s-1880s was part of the Third Great Awakening. The goal of the Holiness Movement was to move beyond the one-time conversion experience that the revivals produced, and reach entire sanctification. A related … Continue reading →

In Romans 3, and especially 4, Paul spoke of faith in the cross bringing about forgiveness of sins, and imputed (credited) righteousness received freely as a gift from Christ–which legally sets sinners into a right standing with God, and dismisses … Continue reading →

This chapter teaches that God imputes or credits righteousness to Christians when they repentantly believe in the atoning sacrifice and resurrection of Christ. Far from teaching any antinomian doctrine of imputed righteousness, Paul only shows that in the case of … Continue reading →

This is an old Church of England chant on Psalm 130:1-7, which was modified over time, but was originally inspired by Henry Purcell’s “Out of the Deep Have I Called Unto Thee, O Lord” in De Profundis (1680). Buy this … Continue reading →