My name is James Williams and I serve as one of the pastors at FBC Atlanta, TX. I love preaching, writing, reading, growing vegetables, and running. My wife, Jenny, and I have four children and are actively involved in foster care. In December 2019, I completed my dissertation on Martyn Lloyd-Jones. https://www.growingingrace.blog/
Methodists, according to Lloyd-Jones, also emphasized new life. There was an emphasis on the doctrine of regeneration and rebirth, something that was not as common in the time period when Methodism was born.
A major question during the Reformation was the source of God’s revelation. Instead of seeing Scripture alone as the final authority, there arose the view that Scripture and church tradition were two equal sources of God’s revelation.
Once he understood that we are not saved by our own works, but by the very works of Christ, he finally understood the good news of the gospel.
But, someone might ask, “Who cares? How does studying something that happened over 500 years ago affect my life today?”
There are, and always have been, those in the church who devalue doctrine and growing in knowledge. In their desire to be practical, they dismiss theology.
He longed to see people grow both in their knowledge of the great doctrines of the Bible and in an intimate experiential knowledge of the Lord.
Tightrope walkers amaze me. I marvel at the ability to concentrate and balance on such a small wire while certain death awaits the slightest mishap.
At a Westminster Chapel discussion group in 1944, the topic of numbers came up and many were concerned.
With a proper perspective, we can rightly value science and the contributions it provides for mankind.