Monthly Archives: May 2024
Deactivate Facebook, Bar All Porn, and Seek God
Anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. –Matthew 5:28 Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near. –Isaiah 55:6 Thy Word have I hid in mine heart, that … Continue reading
Prophetic Word? For a Skeptic of Spirit Baptism
O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called. –1 Timothy 6:20 (KJV) That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be … Continue reading
Supernatural Theology 86: Letter to Conyers Middleton (Against Cessationism) (Part 1) – John Wesley
John Wesley, “A Letter to a Roman Catholic.” Thomas C. Oden, John Wesley’s Scriptural Christianity, p. 91. Norman Russell, The Lives of the Desert Fathers. Jacobus de Voragine, The Golden Legend. Yves Congar, I Believe in the Holy Spirit (Catholic-Protestant … Continue reading
Supernatural Theology 85: Introduction to John Wesley’s Charismatic Refutation of Cessationist Conyers Middleton
If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. –Matthew 18:6 … Continue reading
Prophetic Word? For a Preacher to Be Bivocational
Moses replied, “Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put his Spirit on them!”…When there is a prophet among you, I, the Lord, reveal myself to them in visions, I speak to them in … Continue reading
Letter to the Rev. Dr. Conyers Middleton (Against Cessationism) – John Wesley
Originally from here. To Dr. Conyers Middleton LONDON, January 4, 1749. REVEREND SIR,–1. In your late Inquiry you endeavour to prove (1) that there were no miracles wrought in the primitive Church; (2) that all the primitive Fathers were fools … Continue reading
Do Nothing Out of Selfish Ambition
God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. –Romans 5:5 “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the … Continue reading
Supernatural Theology 84: No Salvation Without God’s Presence
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God. –Romans 8:16 In the evening I went very unwillingly to a society in Aldersgate Street, where one was reading Luther’s preface to the Epistle to … Continue reading
Atheists Harden Their Hearts Against Creation and Spiritual Experiences
Have mercy on those who doubt. –Jude 1:22 (ESV) The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good. –Psalm 14:1 (ESV) They are darkened in their … Continue reading
