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Christians and conservatives need to be very skeptical of corporate news media - All the regular readers will know that I am often linking to news sites like The Federalist, Daily Signal, Breitbart, etc. And I also watch news shows like...

Bandar Togel Sydney Pools Server Asia Terpercaya 2026 - Temukan panduan lengkap bandar togel Sydney pools server Asia terpercaya dengan lisensi resmi, keamanan data, dan layanan 24/7. The post Bandar Togel Syd...

Christian Fruit Loops - While this is fairly easy to find, people are constantly asking me for a “copy,” so I am posting it here again. I think it as true today as it was when I ...

Regretting the Day I Was Born - [image: Regretting the Day I Was Born] When does faithful lament become sinful complaint? Pastor John offers five statements on lament to help us cry out t...

Skincare on Sinai - You are what you love. The post Skincare on Sinai appeared first on Seedbed.

2026 Wesley Studies Symposium - Registration is now open for the 2026 Wesley Studies Symposium on April 28 at Tyndale University, featuring Dr. David Bundy. Dr. Bundy, who currently serve...

Annihilationism: Destroying Death & Destruction - I believe misunderstanding how the Bible uses the words death and destroy, is the foundation of sand on which the doctrine of annihilationism (aka., condit...

Surviving As a Reflective Christian - Here I continue and conclude discussion of Daniel Taylor’s book The Myth of Certainty: The Reflective Christian and the Risk of Commitment (IVP) with Chapt...

David deSilva, “What Is the Mystery of the Trinity? (Global Methodist Church Catechism)” - 3. What is the mystery of the Trinity? God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, distinct but inseparable, eternally one in essence and power. Click on the li...

Ken Burns’ The American Revolution - This six disk (2 hours each disk) epic is told by familiar voices– Paul Giamatti who played John Adams in the much praised series on his life on PBS, Tom H...

The Greeks who knew the “unseen things” of God - The Greeks who knew the “unseen things” of God Andrew Perriman Mon, 02/09/2026 - 04:17 The group of people criticised in Romans 1:18-32 is said to have kn...

Welcoming the Year of the Horse with Dim Eyes and Feeble Limbs - The Chinese New Year festival, being a spring festival, is naturally celebrated with renewed energy and fresh hope. The cold, dreary winter is behind us....

15 - The Logic of Salvation (Hebrews 2) - Getting close to the end. We've presented the content of Hebrews as a series of conversations between Apollos and Tertius. It is a fictional picture, but...

What Do Miniature Codices Tell Us About Early Christianity? #5 - Over the last few months, I’ve been working through a 5-part series exploring what the phenomenon of miniature codices teaches us about the early Christi...

What is a Methodist? - A question that I often get, especially from visitors or new members of our church, is some version of “What is a Methodist?” That is a good question. Unfo...

The Dates of Jesus' Earthly Sojourn - As best I can piece together, with a fair amount of speculation, these are the dates of the hallmark moments of Jesus' walk amongst us... *Birth*: on or ...

Does Everything Come Down to Fear or Love? (podcast) - Greg considers the relationship between fear and love. Episode 1298 __ __ __ https://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_1298.mp3 ___ ___ ___ Spotify:...

The Johannine Comma and the Catholic Church - the late 19th century through the mid-20th century - Back on January 13, 1897 the *Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition* (now termed *The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Fait...

What if Charles Wesley Had Written Joy to the World? - Charles Wesley doesn’t need anybody to stick up for him when it comes to Christmas songs: The man gave us Hark the Herald Angels Sing, after all. And if ...

The Wideness of the Sea: How to be Evangelical and Gay Affirming - Four days ago, I published my eighteenth book: The Wideness of the Sea: How to be Evangelical and Gay Affirming. I started working on this book in about ...

A Story of the Providence of God and Christian Prayer - As most of you know, I now teach at Beeson Divinity School. When I was President of Asbury Seminary my time was spent in administration, endless meetin...

Does the Biblical Concept of God’s Sovereignty Support Calvinism? - [taken from an online discussion on what Biblical sovereignty entails] Now the Arminian absolutely affirms God’s sovereignty, but recognizes that sovereign...

Political Islam, Arab Imperialism & Myths of Equality - Political Islam, Arab Imperialism & Myths of Equality – A Historical Investigation *Political Islam*—often called *Islamism*—is more than a set of ...

New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible Volume 2: D-H -

The Story of the Early Church – Part 3 - At my local church I’m currently teaching an eight week Sunday School class about the story of early Christianity. As part of that, I will make a YouTube v...

Changes Here at My Blog - The time has come for me to move on from the blogger platform. I have been blogging here since December of 2005, and it has been a great run! I am not go...

An Exchange on "A Critique of Limited Atonement" by David Allen in Calvinism: A Biblical and Theological Critique - Several weeks ago, I posted a mini-review of Calvinism: A Biblical and Theological Critique on my Facebook feed. I gave it favorable remarks specifically h...

Common enemy: a hollow slogan for solidarity in Myanmar - ...how to divide power between the NUG and the ethnic states, and protect sub-minorities within minority states? The post Common enemy: a hollow slogan f...

Monday quote - The vileness of the means begets the vileness of the result. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008). “Live Not by Lies.” 1974.

How Convenient! Part 2: Zayd, Saowda & Rayhana - Muhammad's quest to marry Zaynab involved multiple prophecies and touched many lives. Here we learn about his special relationship with Zayd, his not-so-...

Rom 3:21-26 – Translates, Paraphrase, Notes - Translation 21 But now, apart from the Torah, God’s righteousness has been manifested, being witnessed by the Torah and the Prophets. 22 God’s righteousne...

A final farewell - This site has not be maintained since 2013 but has been kept intact for archival purposes. MethodistThinker.com will shut down permanently on Jan. 16, 2021.

Paul didn’t teach unconditional election. Here’s why. - God’s act of election shows up multiple times in 1 & 2 Thessalonians. Calvinist interpreters tend to read these passages as evidence for their doctrine of ...

Linguistics and Loanwords in the Gospel of Mark - Scholarly readers of the Gospel of Mark have long noted the conspicuous presence of non-Greek terms and phrases. A forthcoming article sets the analysis o...

Response to "Got Questions: Limited Atonement- Is It Biblical" Part II - In the last post I was looking at an article on Limited Atonement. There I talked about how the issue of Limited vs. Unlimited Atonement has less to do wit...

New Zealand Atrocity: Uncomfortable Truths -

Finishing Well - *The Lord of the Rings* trilogy tells the tale of nine companions who set off for Mordor with the goal of destroying the Dark Lord Sauron’s ring. Frodo, th...

A Response to “5 Myths About Calvinism” - Calvinistic scholar, Dr. Greg Forester, just released an article titled “Five Myths about Calvinism” through Crossway and I would like to provide a critiqu...

Hymn of the day - Praise the Lord who reigns above And keeps His court below; Praise the holy God of love And all His greatness show; Praise Him for His noble deeds; Praise ...

Pope Francis Wants to Change the Translation of the Lord’s Prayer (and he’s right) - A Pope’s not right about everything, and with Pope Francis, numerous Catholics will tell you he is not right about much. But I think he has been right o...

Interview with Andrew Loke on Christology - ‘Christology’ is a subject widely discussed by academic historians and Christian theologians around the world. In Malaysia, it has recently gained tractio...

Book Review: The Little Book of God, Mind, Cosmos and Truth By Kenneth Francis - The strength of this book is simultaneously its greatest drawback: it is too short – just 25,000 words. Its very brevity is, of course, central to its dy...

My Compassion Radio interview on the Holy Land (part 2) - Hey Dojo readers, Here is part 2 from my interview with Compassion Radio about Christians in Bethlehem. If you missed part 1 you can find it at https://jms...

J. Matthew Pinson - “Individual Election, Corporate Election, and Arminianism” - "Individual election, Corporate election, and Arminianism

Book Review: Grace for All - John D. Wagner assembled inputs from a wide ranges of authors to put together Grace for All: The Arminian Dynamics of Salvation. The book starts off wit...

Selling Fetal Body Parts is NOT the Primary Moral Issue - The post Selling Fetal Body Parts is NOT the Primary Moral Issue appeared first on Parchment and Pen Blog.

my last Patheos post… - Hi everyone, Here is the link to today’s post at my new website. It’s about following Jesus. And speaking of following, this is my last post here at Patheo...

Back to the Basics: Building Blocks for a Sound Theodicy, Pt. 3-B: Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility, Continued - *In my last post, I started an examination of Genesis and what the first biblical book tells us about divine sovereignty and human responsibility. We se...

James White comments on a sermon by James McCarthy, author of "John Calvin Goes to Berkeley" - James McCarthy: “…frankly, God doesn’t love you strictly because of yourself; He loves you because of His Son. Didn’t the Lord Jesus teach that...what d...

Managing workflow, managing energy - A few years ago, I found myself bogged-down and overwhelmed. My to-do list was out of control. I came home on Tuesdays (typically my most-stressful days – ...

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