THE GOVERNMENTAL THEORY. III. The Scripture which comes nearest to a statement of the philosophy of the atonement is Rom. iii. 25: "Who...

The seven allusions to the atonement in John's First Epistle demand a more extended discussion, in view of the importance of this cent...

Guest Blog by : Bishop Willard F. Mallalieu (1828-1911) Doubtless Methodism is the greatest religious movement of the last two hundred y...

In regard to the process of becoming established in holiness, I find this to be God's open secret — "to walk by the same rule and t...

The success of a preacher is not so much in the strength of his logic, or the splendor of his rhetoric, as in the atmosphere of love in whic...

[The Atonement] affords a basis for the salvation of such pious pagans as live up to their best light. 'They are saved through Christ t...

"Father, that which thou hast given me, I will that, where I am, they also may be with me; that they may behold my glory, which thou ha...

QUESTION: If God takes away from the dying infant the bent to sinning, why does he not take it away from the babe destined to become adult? ...

QUESTION: Is it true that there is nothing in the hour and article of death to cause God to change the spiritual condition of the soul, eith...

"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater [works] than these shall he...

QUESTION: What do you regard as the strongest Scriptural proof that a person who has been truly converted may be finally and eternally lost?...

How much more severely do you think a man deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God under foot, who has treated as an unholy t...

QUESTION: What is the relation of faith to prayer? ANSWER: It is both the cause and the effect. It is the cause, for no one would ask God if...

QUESTION: Is the statement that we are "baptized into Christ" of Rom. 6:3, and Gal. 3:27, to be understood to mean that water bapt...

QUESTION: Is it proper for a Christian to lead a seeker to the altar and leave him there without trying to help him find salvation? ANSWER: ...

QUESTION: Does this verse teach that water baptism is necessary to salvation, "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved"? ...

We are promised a knowledge of salvation by the remission of sins. Paul speaks in emphatic condemnation of those who are never able to come ...

QUESTION: I have recently heard a preacher describe the sacraments as "life-giving." Is this correct? ANSWER: They are not the s...

QUESTION: Which is correct: "All will be saved except those who reject Christ," or "None will be saved except those who accep...

The fact that genuine faith always includes obedience is a sufficient answer to the sceptic's objection that salvation is made to hinge ...