Tag: sanctification
Mass Study Notes for Sunday 5-17-2015
Welcome back to the Sunday Mass notes for 5-17-2015. This week Marla shares the study of the readings beginning with Acts 1 where Peter explains how God’s plan unfolds just as the Scriptures said. Next we move to 1 John 4, where the apostle John tells us that those who abide in God, love as…
The Role of Weakness in Spiritual Formation
The Role of Weakness in Spiritual Formation Reflections by Christy Hill, Ph.D. Who wants to feel weak? Who enjoys bumping up against one’s own inadequacies? Why would I desire to get in touch with the many times (a day) I don’t live up to my own standards, let alone God’s? Isn’t the Christian life supposed…
John Wesley’s Doctrine of Christian Perfection
John Wesley’s Doctrine of Christian Perfection By James M. Hill The Problem: Can Justified Christians Achieve Perfection Through a Sudden Working of the HOly Spirit in Their Lifetimes and Subsequently Live in Sinless Perfection? Because God is perfectly holy, he cannot have fellowship with unrighteous, fallen people who descended from the seed of Adam after…