by Kenny Burchard | Oct 26, 2016 | Gospel, Israel, Soteriology, Theological Studies, Wesleyan-Arminian
The doctrine of election (and what it really means to be elect or not) has been distorted, misunderstood, and misrepresented to the point that it has become the wrong answer to the wrong questions. Namely, “Which particular individuals did God choose (before...
by Andrew Williams | Mar 23, 2015 | Wesleyan-Arminian
John Wesley is considered one of the greatest figures in the history of Western Christianity. In fact, Methodists, Wesleyans, Nazarenes, Pentecostals, and all Holiness movements lay claim to Wesley as their “founder”, or as the “grandfather” of their movement. This...
by Kenny Burchard | May 29, 2014 | God's Sovereignty, Philosophy, Reformed Theology, Theodicy, Theological Studies, Wesleyan-Arminian
It is always interesting to watch people’s faces when you remind them that Adam sinned without a sin-nature. Typically, when talking about why people sin, the average Christian’s response is — “Because we all have a sin-nature, inherited from...
by Kenny Burchard | Oct 21, 2013 | God's Sovereignty, Reformed Theology, Weekly Wesley, Wesleyan-Arminian
John Wesley was no divine determinist, but he did not minimize in any way the omniscience or the foreknowledge of God, nor the reign of God over the eternal destiny of His own creation. Read on and discover how Wesley explains foreknowledge in his classic sermon:...
by Luke Geraty | Oct 16, 2013 | Church History, Evangelicalism, Reformed Theology, Soteriology, Wesleyan-Arminian
Randall Balmer writes in The Making of Evangelicalism: “… Evangelicals have understood better than anyone else how to communicate to the masses. The message they propagate is simple, straightforward, and utterly indebted to Charles Finney. Come to Jesus....
by Kenny Burchard | Oct 14, 2013 | Gospel, Hell, Weekly Wesley, Wesleyan-Arminian
John Wesley believed that God loves everyone, period! His understanding of God’s love was quite contrary to the teaching that God specially loves the elect (e.g. certain individual people who are “chosen” to be saved) in a way that is different from they...
