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2.1 The Structure of Thinking - My philosophy meetings are done for the semester, but in honor of Thursday night, here is another post on my philosophical journey. ______________________...

What Is Love? - True love, as God demonstrates it, is not self-seeking; it willingly lays down personal comfort, preference, and privilege for the good of another. The p...

Ed Jarrett, “Submitting to Jesus’ Authority” - And they were all amazed, so they debated among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, a...

Complacency: A Silent Killer - [image: Complacency: A Silent Killer] How do we avoid falling into spiritual complacency amid daily routines? Pastor John warns of the danger of viewing Go...

All the Rage (D19) - It is impossible to be angry with anyone unless the heart is lifted up against them, unless one despises them and esteems themself to be superior. It seems...

A New Book Discussion Going Forward - Here I announce a new book discussion for those who are interested. The book is The Myth of Certainty: The Reflective Christian and the Risk of Commitment ...

Christ among refugees and migrants at Christmas, part 2: the sojourner paradigm - Christ among refugees and migrants at Christmas, part 2: the sojourner paradigm Andrew Perriman Wed, 12/17/2025 - 13:09 In part one, we looked at the arg...

The Surprises Just Keep on Coming! - Here a few more things need to be said to make sense of what we have just witnessed—namely material found nowhere in the Synoptic Gospels. What we need to ...

LGBT activists pressure venue to cancel an event featuring Christian speaker - One of the reasons why I have an alias for my speaking and writing is that I have seen people in the workplace go after Christians and conservatives who sp...

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 ...

Cosmos to Christmas Cradle: From Pre-existent to Incarnate Christ - I. The eternal backdrop and significance of Christmas A. Theological Treasures in Christmas Carols To many, Christmas marks the birth of Jesus Christ in Be...

What is the Real Meaning of Christmas? A Wonderful New Kids Book Provides the Answer! - What is the real meaning of Christmas? During this festive time of the year, many are busy reminding us that the meaning certainly has nothing to do wit...

The Seal of the Spirit: A Guarentee, But Not Guaranteed - Ephesians 1:13–14 > “In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were seal...

What Are Your Thoughts on Artificial Intelligence? (podcast) - Greg is all for Artificial Intelligence. He thinks it’s great. He welcomes our new masters. Episode 1290 __ __ __ https://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregbo...

The “Great Apostasy” and Ignatius of Antioch - Any Christian church, denomination, or sect that is not within the ecclesiastical authority of the Roman Catholic Church or one of Eastern Orthodox chur...

The Scripture Untangled Podcast - It was my pleasure to be interviewed by Rev. Dr. Andrew Stirling for the “Scripture Untangled” podcast, a project of the Canadian Bible Society. We talked ...

When the roll is called up yonder - Is it better to have more people in our church or fewer people? On one hand, the answer is obvious. Jesus Christ calls us to make disciples of all nations....

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 ...

When the Voice Heard Isn't Jesus - Jesus tells us in John 10:26-27 that those who believe in him also perceive communication, or as I've styled it, impressions, from him. They not only "he...

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...

5 Trik Mengatasi Mesin Slot di HP dengan Efektif - Dalam dunia perjudian online, mesin slot telah menjadi favorit bagi banyak pemain. Namun, banyak pemain yang tertarik mencari cara untuk mengatasi mesin sl...

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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