Jesus Christ is in Heaven - Concerning Soteriology and the Way of Salvation

Compose a 500 word blog post regarding what you have gained over the semester, what kinds of inspirations it has fostered, and how you plan to use what you learned in the future.                 The reading and videos, and the discussions, that I engaged with during the course of this class have provided me with a number of significant insights and pieces of information that, I hope, will become seeds of wisdom. I feel that I have gained much. To begin with, diving into the c

Grace is one of the most beautiful words in our dictionary. In the Christian life, we often speak of grace as God’s forgiveness, which it certainly is. At times, when trying to be more precise, we may hear someone use the term ‘unmerited favor’.                 As members of the Wesleyan tradition, we know that God’s grace is more than pardon. Grace is God’s active work in our lives. He imparts it to us to make us into the people we were created to be – to transform us more c

How can we, mere humans, be saved?                 We need grace. God’s grace. Christians have universally believed since the beginning of the church that we can only be saved by the grace of God that he freely offers and gives to us.                 God’s giving us grace – I will use the term conveying grace to us – is his choice. He is the initiator, always and forever. We receive and do so with gladness.                 But is this simple passivity? Do we, mere humans, sta