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The Cost of Discipleship 17: Wesley: The Covenant Service.
Over time, John Wesley added ‘meeting places’, buildings so called rather than ‘churches’ since Wesley did not intend to create another...
Michael Rynkiewich
Feb 265 min read
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Matthew 25c
If I had to pick the scariest scene in the Bible, it would not be from the Book of Revelation or from Daniel. It would be this parable....
Michael Rynkiewich
Feb 2310 min read
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The Cost of Discipleship 16: Wesley: Social Classes and Slavery.
Nineteenth Century England was organized around social classes. Distinctions between people and the privileges of class were at their...
Michael Rynkiewich
Feb 195 min read
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Matthew 25b
This third parable is not about female bridesmaids but about male slaves. In some ways, it is reminiscent of the first parable which is...
Michael Rynkiewich
Feb 168 min read
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The Cost of Discipleship 15: Wesley: Acts of Mercy and Justice
In addition to being an evangelist, like George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards, John Wesley also had a gift for leading and organizing...
Michael Rynkiewich
Feb 124 min read
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Matthew 25a
At the end of the last chapter, Jesus told the first of what will be four consecutive parables to illustrate his points about coming...
Michael Rynkiewich
Feb 97 min read
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The Cost of Discipleship 14: Wesley: The Fellowship of the Saints.
Why did Whitefield invite Wesley to come to Bristol to complete what Whitefield himself had started with his field preaching? This is a...
Michael Rynkiewich
Feb 55 min read
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Matthew 24c
Jesus has answered the question that the disciples asked about the destruction of the temple and the signs of these times; or, at least,...
Michael Rynkiewich
Feb 26 min read
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