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Worldly-Minded Sins

What’s the point of making bank if you’re gravely wrong in your attitude towards the Word of God? What if your attitude towards devout Christians in your family, or social network, is completely contrary because you just don’t understand the … Continue reading →

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Providence and Callings

William Perkins helped to develop the Puritan view that God uses divine interventions in Christian men’s lives, to guide them into certain career paths.[1] These careers or trades were termed “callings,” with the understanding that God draws, leads, or calls … Continue reading →

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Theological Perfectionism and Human Mistakes

Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? –Galatians 3:3, ESV In law, we understand that there are felonies and misdemeanors. There are majors and minors; and we consider the law to … Continue reading →

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John Wesley’s House: Take a Tour – Caleb Corneloup

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When Anything Goes At the Holidays

“Anything Goes”: The Meaning of the Phrase If you look at various dictionary definitions, then you will find whenever a person says “anything goes,” what they mean is that there are no rules for behavior, or dress at this party; … Continue reading →

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Ministerial Pride – Richard Baxter

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The Pride, Vanity, and Peevishness of Ministers

You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel. –Matthew 23:24 You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not … Continue reading →

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The Rich Man and Lazarus – Charles Finney

Originally from here. “There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day; and there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, and … Continue reading →

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Review of John Wesley’s “On Worldly Folly” (1790)

This is a sermon about the parable of the rich fool. His opening text is Luke 12:20: “But God said to him, ‘You fool!’” He elaborates on how the rich farmer was financially planning for his whole life ahead of … Continue reading →

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Review of John Wesley’s “On the Danger of Increasing Riches” (1790)

Wesley’s expression “increasing riches” could be also termed as financial growth, economic growth, or economic development; it could also be used in the sense that P. T. Bauer means in Dissent on Development, when he applied his theory of working, … Continue reading →

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