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Game RPG Fantasi dengan Pembaruan Dunia Besar: Panduan Lengkap - Temukan bagaimana pembaruan dunia besar mengubah pengalaman bermain game RPG fantasi, fitur utama, dan tips memaksimalkan petualangan Anda. The post Game...

One That Got Away - A longtime colleague and friend asked me, “after forty-plus years of ministry, is there anything you really regret?” It’s interesting, but there has been o...

UK two-tier policing: white victim of Sikh stabber bled to death in handcuffs - Once in a while there is a story that goes under the radar of the corporate news media, because it exposes the bad results of their “good intention” polici...

When Grace Overcomes - [image: When Grace Overcomes] Why does Christ suddenly seem beautiful to some but not others? John Piper shows from John 3:1–10 how the Spirit makes Christ...

The Kingdom of God Has Come Near - The kingdom of God is a revolution of the heart—every heart—coming into allegiance to God’s anointed. The post The Kingdom of God Has Come Near appeared ...

Why is Church Fellowship So Lame? (podcast) - Dan Kent and Jerry Wilson talk about fellowship, authenticity, and a parade of other things. Episode 1320 __ __ __ https://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd...

If I Were a Young Earth Creationist - If I were a Young Earth Creationist (YEC), which most American fundamentalist Christians are, I would drop attempts to defend the view using “flood geology...

Richard Coords, “Job 2:3” - “The LORD said to Satan, ‘Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man fearing God and turn...

The Sheep Detectives—a Surprising Delight - Based on the novel ‘3 Bags Full’, the runaway best movie of any sort so far this year is the Sheep Detectives. It’s appropriate for families, and reall...

Some exegetical notes on the “worship” of Jesus, the “trinitarian” formula, and the “end of the age” in Matthew 28:16-20 - Some exegetical notes on the “worship” of Jesus, the “trinitarian” formula, and the “end of the age” in Matthew 28:16-20 Andrew Perriman Wed, 05/27/2026 - ...

Why do we suffer? - Theologians call it the problem of evil. How does a good God allow evil, pain, and suffering? There are many Christians who have much better answers than I...

NAW Durham 5 -- When McDonalds is a dream - Continued from the last post ________________________ 30. Near the end of my first semester in England, I was so desperate for an American hamburger that ...

Secularism as Unintended Consequence of Luther’s Nominalism and Reformation (Brad Gregory)? Part 1 - Secularism as Unintended Consequence of Luther’s Nominalism and Reformation (Brad Gregory)? Part 1 Many historians have identified philosophical nominali...

Two Resources for Your High School Graduate - High school graduation is almost here. I know what that’s like, because I’ve been through it three times. As parents, we have one simple question on our ...

Professor Daniel A. Keating – solid scholarship concerning deification and patristics - I first became cognizant of Dr. Keating with the publication of his book, *Deification and Grace *in 2007 (link). This contribution is one the best introd...

Good Friday Reflection 2026 - Good Friday Reflection Psalm 22 and Psalm 69 are two of the psalms which Jesus himself quotes from the cross. Most of us know that many of the most fami...

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 ...

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...

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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