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John Wesley: Assurance and Perfection

“The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.” (Romans 8:16-17, NIV) In John...

John Wesley: Going on to Salvation

“This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ...

John Wesley: Almost Christian, Degrees in Faith

“Speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.  From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Silence and Speaking

“Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have I give thee.” (Acts 3:6, KJV) Peter and John were on their way to worship when they were confronted by a beggar. Peter responded to him, “Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have I give thee.” The gospel puts us...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Our Distinctive Identification

“For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him, since you are going through the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.” (Phil. 2:29-30, NIV) There is a story of a popular monk in the...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Cheap and Costly Grace

“Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.” (1 Cor. 6:19-20, NIV) “On that April morning in Flossenburg,...

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