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Azusa Street

In Azusa Street, Frank Bartleman, gives a detailed account of the beginning of the Pentecostal styled revival that occurred from 1906-1909. He gives significant details on the background events that led up to the revival and then follows the revival … Continue reading

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Same Kind Of Different As Me

Have you ever found yourself at a place in life where you could look back and see how, in some inexplicable way, circumstances seemingly worked together for your good, often in-spite of your best efforts to the contrary? In Same … Continue reading

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C.S. Lewis": God’s Sovereignty vs Human Free-Will

One of the most perplexing theological dilemmas for me is the tension created between God’s sovereignty and human free-will. And on some level, it seems that most of our theological debates at least hint at this ever present tension. For … Continue reading

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Book Review – Belief Matters: United Methodism’s Doctrinal Standards

In “Belief Matters: United Methodism’s Doctrinal Standards”, Charles Yrigoyen, Jr. presents a broad overview of the historical documents that make up the doctrinal standards of the United Methodist Church. In the “Introduction”, Yrigoyen gives a brief explanation of the importance … Continue reading

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Book Review: Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic

In Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic, Reinhold Niebuhr offers us a fascinating glimpse into the thoughts of a developing minister. Niebuhr begins in 1915 when he is 23 years old and apparently very inexperienced. In spite of … Continue reading

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