John Calvin: Calvinism My Way
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John Calvin is seeking to know God and His word. Seriously, He loves debate, and he loves when truth changes his mind. He would love you to be a part of that process. Nothing more impressive than an intellectual and spiritual approach to seeking truth and a willingness to embrace it unconditionally.
John Calvin: Calvinism My Way
1y ago
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John Calvin: Calvinism My Way
2y ago
THE TEACHER AND HIS TONGUE___________________A PaperPresented tothe Department of Biblical Studies & Christian Ministry College of Arts & SciencesRegent University ___________________In Partial Fulfillmentof the Requirements for the degreeBachelor of Biblical and Theological Studies___________________byJohn C. Carroll August 2021 The Teacher and His TongueIntroduction Every Christian ..read more
John Calvin: Calvinism My Way
3y ago
The Role of Visions in ActsIntroduction The critical text from Acts for this paper is Acts 2:14-18. The focus will be on the relationship of visions to the outpouring of the Spirit on all people. In the book of Acts, God used visions to facilitate the Spirit’s mission. Since Acts 2:17 makes dreams and visions part of the Spirit's work, it is important to look at the part that visions ..read more
John Calvin: Calvinism My Way
3y ago
Televisiongate I am 45, so I remember well the video and television wars of the 1990s and early 2000s. In so-called conservative Apostolic circles, we were terrorizing the television watchers; not just the television watchers, but the home movie watchers. We were preaching against taking videos of birthdays and weddings. And we were certainly preaching against using video for church ..read more
John Calvin: Calvinism My Way
3y ago
Week 2 DialogueLesson 5.1<!--[if !supportLists]-->1. <!--[endif]-->The authors of IBI list five essential qualifications that should characterize interpreters if they are to interpret accurately. Place these in the order of most to least important, in your view, with a short defense at the end to support your order. Would you eliminate any or add others you believe are more or equally ..read more
John Calvin: Calvinism My Way
4y ago
How J. W. Arnold Influenced Pentecostal Preaching
John C. Carroll
William Jessup University/Wilson University
Professor Dorisa Costello
02/04/2019
How J. W. Arnold Influenced Pentecostal Preaching
Introduction
J. W. Arnold is popular and polarizing, charismatic and confrontational. Therefore, I have chosen to write about the significant impact that he has had ..read more
John Calvin: Calvinism My Way
4y ago
I preached a message a few years ago in Washington. When I finished, I had the most overwhelming feeling that I could never preach that message to its fullness. The phrase popped into my head: "The message is bigger than the messenger." If I ever walk away from the pulpit feeling like I have "nailed" a message then something is wrong.
The first thing that could be wrong is that the message ..read more
John Calvin: Calvinism My Way
4y ago
12 Angry Men: A Study in Judging
John C. Carroll
Williams Jessup University/ Wilson University
12 Angry Men: A Study in Judging
Introduction
The purpose of this assignment is to convince you why you should engage with a favorite creative work. The chosen creative work is a classic film—12 Angry Men. I will examine the way we as humans allow our biases to cause ..read more
John Calvin: Calvinism My Way
4y ago
There are several schools of thought about religious traditions among us Oneness Pentecostals. The two extremes are that all man-made traditions are self-righteous, or that we should seek to preserve our traditions on the level of Scripture. Both of these extremes are wrong. But I do have a question to ask about our traditions. What are some of the traditions about which I am speaking? I am ..read more
John Calvin: Calvinism My Way
5y ago
This blog is a result of several conversations colliding at this moment on the calendar. Too often I have lost moments like these because I let them pass without writing them. Not today, Satan! It all began with a conversation with my cousin, Aaron Cirilo. He has a way of phrasing a concept that always resonates with me. He made the statement: "The self-righteous are always easy on themselves ..read more