"But the great danger of supposing that the first operation of divine grace upon the heart is regeneration, is, that it serves to delude sinners into a belief that they are saints when they are not." -Rev. Nathan Bangs (1818)- I have posted two new YouTube shorts with quotes from Rev. Nathan Bangs' 1818 book,…Read more New YouTube Shorts: Calvinist ‘effectual calling’ /regeneration before faith vs Arminian Prevenient Grace /conviction of the Holy Spirit
Wilbur F Tillett
How “Convicting grace” works (1902)
“The Holy Spirit is the author of every movement of man's soul toward salvation… The Spirit of grace, which is but another name for prevenient grace, “is the sole efficient cause of all spiritual good in man: of the beginning, continuance, and consummation of religion in the human soul.” Grace … when it takes a…Read more How “Convicting grace” works (1902)
“Methodism is Arminianism put into practice for the salvation of souls & the evangelization of the world.” (1906)
Here is Wilbur F. Tillett, Vanderbilt University, in A Statement of the Faith of World-wide Methodism (1906): The Arminianism of Holland, even in its earliest and purest form, was but a theological and intellectual system at best. Its highest purpose seems to have been to prove that the doctrines of Arminianism as opposed to Calvinism…Read more “Methodism is Arminianism put into practice for the salvation of souls & the evangelization of the world.” (1906)
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