He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or … Read More
We were taught in church that America was founded on christian principles, many Christians today believing that we have a responsibility to reclaim America for Christ, repent for the sins of our nation, restore the country’s greatness, etc…. The idea of American exceptionalism goes all the way back to its … Read More
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. (Isa 14:14) Since the garden, satan has always purposed to be god of this world. He has aspired to destroy faith in the true God and replace Him on the throne of heaven to … Read More
In the last post in this Revival Series I reviewed the thoughts and teachings that some of the key revivalists brought to Protestantism, and I showed how all of them, whether they were Calvinist or Armenian, all of them held to a belief in a coming earthly reign of Christ … Read More
Welcome back to part 11(!) of my Revival series. This one has taken me a while. I’ll be breaking up the massive subject of Pentecostalism into a couple parts again. In part one, we’ll create a backdrop with some history and the basic teachings that led to the movement that … Read More
With all the talk of a “New Variant,” I can’t help but see the spiritual principles behind this “Coronation” of evil taking over the world. I’ve been reading a book I found online by Scottish historian of religion and Presbyterian minister James Aitken Wylie (1808 – 1890) called The History … Read More
The Great “Awakenings” and Their Champions No, not those guys… These guys 👇… and others like them. If you’ve spent any amount of time in church you’ve no-doubt heard references-to and quotes-by the highly esteemed champions of the “Great Awakenings” and their “Revivals.” But as I covered in part 1, … Read More
While I was looking for a segue between John Wesley and Charles Finney, I discovered that I’d neglected to look deeply enough into Wesley’s “Holy Club” and his significant association with the Moravians and Nikolaus Ludwig, Count von Zinzendorf. This article will examine Zinzendorf’s secret society membership, his heretical doctrines, … Read More
This series was started in response to the supposedly spontaneous “revival” at Asbury University back in February. While I was working on this second part about John Wesley, a friend recently sent me a link to an article in PentecostalTheology.com showing that the event was pre-planned. Why am I not … Read More
“Statements such as ‘I follow Christ, not creeds’ smack of Christian mysticism. Anyone who downplays the role of theology in the church or who speaks of going ‘beyond doctrine’ is following the path of the mystic. Such a person will usually gravitate toward practices such as contemplative prayer or walking … Read More
“It is my earnest conviction that we have dreadfully complicated what Christianity is all about. I’m not saying supplemental materials are without value… But I do wonder what complex, interlocking, systematic theologies were bouncing around in Peter’s mind on the Day of Pentecost and in those fresh, exciting years that … Read More
THE FIRST GREAT AWAKENING The First Great Awakening has been described as a time when the preaching of the Gospel was accompanied by great power, the revivals credited with giving new life and bringing great numbers to the churches. The first name we find when studying the American revivals is … Read More
“Today’s thinking toward a democratic world state is neither a new trend nor an accidental circumstance; the work of setting up the background of knowledge necessary to the establishing of enlightened democracy among all nations has been carried on for many hundreds of years by secret societies. Secret societies have … Read More
This will be a bit of a “Crash Course” on several topics, but I feel like it’s an important backdrop before we jump into the American Revivals.. In part one we talked about the Asbury revival and its lack of a clear gospel message. We considered the differing definitions of … Read More
I started work on this series a while back when the “revival” at Asbury started making the news. I’d initially intended it to just be one piece, but there’s so much information that I decided to break it up into several parts. In part one, we’ll look at the event … Read More
