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Much of modern Protestantism thinks āsalvationā = going to heaven when you die.
For Methodists, salvation is much more than that, itās the healing of the soul. The restoration of the image of God that sin corrupted.
Itās not only a legal verdict, but a cure. š§µ
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He consciously drew on the Eastern Fathers, Macarius, Ephrem, the Cappadociansā¦who spoke of salvation as theosis. Participation in the divine energies, restoration of the image of God.
Wesley wanted to recover themes the Western church had largely seemed to have forgotten.
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If your soteriology is only forensic, only about legal standing, itās missing half of the gospel.
Wesley insisted on both: the pardon of justification AND the healing of soul through sanctification.
One without the other isnāt the Scripture way of salvation.
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Donāt be a memorialistā¦pester your pastor for weekly communion.
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Itās up kind of late, but Iāve written down some of my initial thoughts on AI and how itās changing online apologetics.
Check it out š
substack.com/@reflectionsofaā¦
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The Book of Mormon has as much of a claim to being āChristian scriptureā as the Quran does.
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You clearly believe in a Jesus. Whether itās the same Jesus is the debate. Even so, sincerely believing Jesus is God and being Christian arenāt always the same thing.
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Read the Book of Mormon.
Cover to cover.
Pray about it, asking sincerely to know whether itās true (the final chapter provides specific guidance on this point).
Then tell me whether Latter-day Saints believe in Jesus Christ.
Will you accept that challenge?
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People often flatten Wesleyās soteriology into a debate about human free will. That misses the architecture entirely. The via salutis in Wesley is a Trinitarian drama, Father, Son, and Spirit each doing something irreplaceable.
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The via salutis is not primarily a story about what humanity does or doesnāt contribute. It is a story about what the Trinity has done; completely, irreversibly, and in perfect order. Justification and transformation are not in tension because they are not competing mechanisms.
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They are successive movements in a single Trinitarian act of redemption. To be saved in Wesleyās theology is not merely to be pardoned. It is to be drawn into the life of the God who pursued you before you knew to seek Him.
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