How Do You Accept Jesus? Calvinism vs Wesleyanism & Heresy Exposed

About this episode

The episode explores how to accept Jesus, contrasting Calvinist and Wesleyan views, and addresses various theological claims and heresies.

In this episode of the Ask A Christian Podcast, Nate and the crew tackle one of the most-searched questions that Christians apparently keep forgetting to answer: how do you actually accept Jesus and receive Him as Lord and Savior? Turns out the gap between "churchy lingua" and plain English is wider than we thought — so we fix that. You're welcome, internet. From there, the panel dives deep into the Ordo Salutis — the order of salvation — comparing the Wesleyan and Calvinist views on total depravity, total inability, regeneration, and whether God drags you to salvation in chains or extends a general grace that you respond to. Spoiler: everyone agrees on the destination. The how-to guide is where it gets spicy. Next up, Nate addresses a viral Catholic apologetics claim involving Venerable Marthe Robin — a French mystic who allegedly lived 53 years sustained only by the Eucharist. Nate doesn't deny the miracle. He denies the attribution. If God does a miracle, it's God's miracle — not the wafer's.Then Steph brings receipts on a video from realgoodnews.org — a heretical claim that Jesus's baptism disproves blood atonement, that John the Baptist was practicing Essene Judaism, and…

People in this episode

Hosts: Nate, Steph

Topics covered

• accepting Jesus
• Calvinism
• Wesleyanism
• ordo salutis
• Catholic apologetics
• blood atonement
• animal sacrifice

Keywords

• accept Jesus
• Calvinism
• Wesleyanism
• ordo salutis
• total depravity
• Catholic apologetics
• blood atonement
• animal sacrifice

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: realgoodnews.org

Books & works: Gospel

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