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Death Lost Its Sting - [image: Death Lost Its Sting] What removes death’s terror? John Piper shows from 1 Corinthians 15:51–58 that Christ took the sting of death our sin deserve...

Pet Peeves in Lexington Ky. - I could do a whole post on pet peeves about drivers in this town, but I will simply lead with a few of these and then move on to other issues Firstly,...

The Day It Started Changing for Me - The focus is not on me and my sin. The focus is on Jesus and his life. The post The Day It Started Changing for Me appeared first on Seedbed.

New study: State laws banning transgender surgeries don’t increase suicide rates - Today is day two of my series of posts on new studies. Last time, we looked at a new study that found that support for gender ideologies was associated wit...

Situs Poker VVIP Garansi Kekalahan: Panduan Memilih Platform Terpercaya - Temukan kriteria situs poker VVIP garansi kekalahan terpercaya. Pelajari fitur keamanan, bonus, dan tips bermain aman untuk pengalaman optimal. The post ...

An Exciting Announcement to Share! - Big news! My wife Melissa and I have just launched a website to be the new online home for our ministry content. It’s called *Word First*, and we are thr...

Is the Church Neglecting Missions? (podcast) - Greg goes on a mission for mission. Episode 1335 __ __ __ https://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_1335.mp3 ___ ___ ___ Spotify: The post Is the C...

A Modest Proposal for a Just Social Order - Note: Don’t forget the upcoming discussion of C. S. Lewis’s masterpiece The Abolition of Man beginning October 1 (2026) What a subject! And such a task! Th...

Hamzah Fanṣūrī’s poem, Asrāru’l-‘arifīn. Theme: Ocean Oneness of Being - Hamzah Fanṣūrī’s poem, Asrāru’l-‘arifīn [The Secrets of the Gnostics]. Excerpt with theme: Ocean Oneness of Being. PCG 3b/4 A. Asrāru’l-‘arifīn 1) Tuhan ki...

Why Jesus? Which Jesus? - Why Jesus? Which Jesus? Andrew Perriman Wed, 09/23/2026 - 12:01 The little book *Why Jesus?* is part of the materials for the Alpha Course. In it, Nicky ...

Voting Our Values - For decades I have taught and promoted the approach to political elections as “vote your values,” regardless of party affiliation, personality, or biases. ...

Sermon Starters: Today Is the Day (Hebrews 4:1-11) - *Title: *"Today is the Day" *Location: *Hanfield Methodist Church *Text: *Hebrews 4:1-11 A paraphrase: "Since a promise to enter God's rest has been gi...

Reflections on General Conference of GMC in South Africa - I recently returned from South Africa where I had the privilege of serving as a delegate for the MidSouth Conference of the Global Methodist Church. He...

Good questions about the good book - It was a good question that I was not prepared to answer. “How is Jesus considered a descendant of David if Joseph is not his father?” It came up in Bible ...

Maurice Bévenot – Bibliography of his Cyprianic writings - In my previous post—Cyprian of Carthage and the Bishop of Rome—I referenced a few important works from the pen of the patristic scholar Maurice Bévenot. ...

The Arminian Magazine Volume 12 Issue 1 (Spring 1994) - Please click on the link to view The Arminian Magazine Volume 12 Issue 1 (Spring 1994). The post The Arminian Magazine Volume 12 Issue 1 (Spring 1994) fi...

Was God’s Choice of His People Through Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Unconditional and Arbitrary? - Question: Was He helpless to save them? God chose Abraham and Israel not because of anything wonderful about them, but because He determined to be gracious...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

The emperor has no clothes, or The illusion of authority in the UMC - Every four years, elected delegates from across the world meet at a General Conference of the United Methodist Church. Among the most discussed and debated...

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