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April 23, 2020
RON McKINNEY, pastor of Kinsey Drive Baptist Church, Dalton, GA, who will address: “One PASTOR’s FAMILY’s EXODUS From ARMINIAN PENTECOSTALISM Into SOVEREIGN GRACE!”
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I've been wanting to interview My guest today for quite a long time and I'm so thrilled that I finally have the opportunity. His name is Ron McKinney and I first heard about Ron McKinney a number of years ago probably back in the late 1980s or early 1990s when I heard about his dad Don McKinney.
I believe it was John Riesinger who many folks know as being one of the pioneers of The mid 20th century resurgence of Calvinism amongst Baptists in the United States and around the world. And John had told me about Don McKinney my thought my Guests a father who was in assemblies of God pastor who was forced out of that congregation where he? ministered after coming to believe in the doctrines of sovereign grace That have been nicknamed Calvinism Reform theology sovereign grace theology New Covenant theology, there's all different kinds of labels and there's all different kinds of facets within the movement known as the sovereign grace movement, but I Heard the farewell sermon on tape That Don McKinney gave the last sermon.
He gave at that assemblies of God congregation before Leaving there permanently and I'm delighted to get to know his son Ron who's our guest today and he is pastor of Kinsey Drive Baptist Church in Dalton, Georgia.
And today we are going to be addressing one pastors family's exodus from Arminian Pentecostalism into sovereign grace and it's my honor and privilege to welcome you for the very first time ever to iron trumpets iron radio pastor Ron McKinney.
Thank you very much Chris. I'm pleased to be with you today. I'd like to give a little history background of my father, of course and give you an idea of what. In fact, he comes from Pennsylvania or he was born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania.
Yes. It's in it. I've visited there several times. I've always liked Lebanon baloney. That was not.
Yeah, they sell that even here in Carlisle in the local Walmart.
I've been to Carlisle. Also, I preached up with Patrick. That's where I'm a member. Is that right? And I I stayed with George Merritt. But I want to I want to mention about my dad in his. We're going back a long ways.
I know but 1938 when my dad graduated from high school at Lebanon High California calling upon again to share another.
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Don't want to hear again the message that had some areas didn't know at the time. But he would don't know all the details about it, but I didn't know that back in. This is the amazing thing here's a man had no knowledge what he didn't know now.
No, he had two things that he said to me number one. He didn't know in this man's 20 and you've got to go to church and 11 days. From the day he came here. This is the truth. He shan down this altar and he began to groan and Moan sit down.
I was pointed air of all things for months. This is about three years and If you want to know that his family was not even in they didn't find it in the Bible. Happen was my dad was in by the presbyters and all he did that day if they interviewed him about the sovereign grace of God and At the end these men these presbyters said how to refute you.
You know more Bible than we do. They did any answer. All they would say was now. The the Baptist believe this and the Presbyterians believe this and the family of God's believe it. That's a poor poor way, right of presenting what you know what you believe and Dad, he was day Immensely dad had been on television several years there.
They had this beautiful Rending of a church. They were going to build a new property. They've gotten fact that church became one of the largest. I think they had five or six thousand members. In attendant Tidings which is still sermon audio and it's worth listening to.
Hallelujah. Not even the Presbyterians. Okay, praise God I believe and.
In fact, you know what I think we should do since we should have already done it. So I don't have to so I don't have to interrupt you in mid-sentence. I'm gonna go to my first commercial break and we'll we'll pick up right where you left off there and.
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If you live outside the USA Please only remain anonymous if your question involves a personal and private matter. Let's say You are a Pentecostal and you are starting to rethink Some of the things that you've taught and believed.
You.
You have a searching heart to hear more and learn more about the doctrines of grace and You'd rather not draw attention to yourself. You don't want to be at odds with your pastor or The congregation or the denomination.
Perhaps you're even a pastor yourself and you're having these same Questions arising in your mind and heart that are making you doubt some of what you're experiencing in life and in the church. Well, obviously those are reasons why you might want to remain anonymous and there there may be others as well, but if it's just a general question about Ron McKinney's story about theology then please give us at least your first name your city and state and your country of residence and Don't go away.
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This is Chris Arnzen your host of Iron Sharpens Iron Radio. If you just tuned us in our guest today for the full two hours with a little less than 90 minutes to go is Pastor Ron McKinney of Kinsey Drive Baptist Church in Dalton, Georgia and We are discussing one pastor's family's exodus from Arminian Pentecostalism Into sovereign grace if you'd like to join us on the air with a question of your own.
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And by the way, folks, I would want to make it clear that My reasons for doing today's program is because I love the doctrines of sovereign grace. I love them with a passion and I Want to shout these things from the rooftops.
It has nothing to do with my hatred or My looking down upon my Pentecostal and charismatic brothers and sisters in Christ. I have learned a great deal from Pentecostal and charismatic friends and At many on many occasions they have proven themselves to be far superior to to me and their godliness and their walk with Christ and just a very impressive way of Being so bold about their faith and so on.
Now, obviously, I believe that there are many under that that term Pentecostalism that are false professors that some of them are wolves in sheep's clothing like those that are in the word of faith movement, especially the leaders and the media personalities in that movement.
But there are multitudes of fine Outstanding Pentecostals and charismatics and in fact One of the major financial supporters of this radio program is an Assemblies of God elder. But he also has come to believe in the doctrines of sovereign grace.
Another.
Another friend of mine.
Who.
Was a overseer on Long Island, New York. He was a bishop in the Assemblies of God Al Stein. He came to believe in the doctrines of sovereign grace all five points of Calvinism and beyond that. He was a precious dear brother in Christ and tragically a Number of years ago perished in a an automobile accident.
But so I do know folks from these backgrounds that have come to believe in these truths. Some have.
Remained.
Non cessationists or continuous and some have left the belief in the sign gifts being present today altogether, but I just wanted to make that clear that this is not being done out of arrogance or snobbery or sectarian spirit.
But this is being done because I and my guests love the doctrines of sovereign grace. And I am never going to be embarrassed by them. I'm never going to Subdue or dilute my enthusiasm over them and.
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If you could Ron pick up where you left off in your testimony. Yes, you were being challenged by folks because they had heard about your dad's Transformation.
Because while we were in Lake Charleston My brother wasn't if I'm talking about the four of us my dad my uncle my brother and myself. We would but I was there. Oh, yeah. Excellent. I Read a W pink blue my mind that has blown a lot of people's minds.
Was it Frank Smith.
No, it wasn't Frank Brain Bettner. Oh, wow. That's a big book I'm telling you and I got it, you know I didn't have much in my shelves and I got that and I took it home and my dad read it. Part of all of this coming together before he left the denomination.
Never heard it rendered that way, but it's interesting.
And I ran into another one of them a few years ago and he's become part of a reformed Baptist Church. And I would just I was so amazed at these because that was not what happened because when I did that I was called on the carpet and Even though I was engaged to get married at that point.
I was told I had to leave and I was dismissed and That kind of said. Well, I went to a little church going back to reformed theological seminary to get my Masters of Divinity and.
There.
The beautiful little church. They have left the United met for the most part really not because of liberalism. Well, it was there was that was probably some of it, but it was a lot more of the other so anyway.
Yes, here's what happened was I went there. I just spoke to one of us. I began to teach these at all. In fact brother. I'm sorry, but we have to go another commercial break.
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That's Chris Arnzen at gmail .com. Chris Arnzen at gmail .com and pastor Ron when we left off where we left off you were teaching a Methodist Church that had left the United Methodist denomination and You were you were a believer in sovereign grace at this time and so pick up the story where you left off.
Well, I had been in this larger church in Memphis and I left there and I was a because I believed in Eternal security. One of the tenets of the denomination was they did not believe in eternal security that you could lose your salvation.
Right, that seems to be the biggest issue they have with all of Calvinism.
Because they didn't even have any idea what I was talking about when I was talking about election. It was Interesting thing. I had to fill out a form every change and I told then I was and I just. You know in one way, it was fine.
But another way I was losing everything purity my the people that I knew. I had been in this denomination all of my life for 27 years and Now I was. I was all in my own. What am I. And I'm gonna tell you it's an amazing thing.
Within within a week of my resignation and of course I told you that I was engaged to be married and because of this so invited me to go down and speak for him. I said you can take my place. So I went down there and spoke probably 40 freedom and two of the men.
We'd like to know if you would like to be our pastor.
Wow.
They had no. I'm getting ready to go back to seminary in Jackson, which is about 45 minutes away. And. But my thought was, you know, I'm not a Methodist and I just. I said I like to preach the Bible. They said well, that's what we want to hear.
We want to hear. They really have no idea what they were saying.
Said you know Lord, you've opened up The Delta in the nineteen kinds of things. It's have enough to turn it off. I'm trying to think you're not talking about.
AWP.
Now I wasn't pink. I was learning all week long. Never had. True brother. I want you to know there's nothing and Men you do anything and They were they were so hungry.
By the way, there is a non Calvinist book by a W Tozer if that's the one you were thinking.
Okay, praise God. President of Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
Lady John Riesinger was there. Speak somebody. One of the men. They've been converted. Would not come into the building. Wow. So what we decided to do. Listen to this. So we decided we would have a service.
Unreasoned was preaching the John Riesinger coming out story at the story of God. And I'll give you one married to all that. It's not going to be with the Lord. They put all that is in pilot. Even marvelous musicians who plays for a church there that's sovereign grace and She loves the truth.
And when Lamar died, she kind of she just carried on holding to the truth. She teaches a lady's class and her children is what is amazing to me. There's at one time Her brothers her brother and her sister.
They didn't know the truth. Sometimes it's the hardest people to talk to is your family.
Prophet is without honor in his own hometown.
Yeah, and then you you know, and then it's just hard. They just God over and I'm telling you it was amazing how. How each one of them came and when Lamar died? The testimony of her of them all together all of them talked about how.
The market nothing small at all if you don't see that all these other things emphasizing when I was I finished my in Jackson and.
Where which part. That I was working with John and I knew that there was an affiliation because that's why John Years ago had recommended that I get in contact with your dad and you.
Yeah, well the sword in the trial, right, right. At that time out of Jackson and we had The publication of the sword in the trial and in that we would have writing articles and all dealing with several years.
John had an automobile accident, which he almost died. Oh, I don't remember hearing about that part.
Well, he was in an automobile accident. Greenwood stayed with this. I think it was a dentist and. What happened was he was bleeding in turn mechanics birds living at the time. The town next over for me.
Yeah, that's close to Carlisle, isn't it? Well, he ended up going directly to Louie in because he was bleeding internally. He was it was really a touch-and-go for a little bit. He lived to be 93.
Yeah, praise God. He only went home to be with the Lord just not that long ago. Yeah last year.
That was last year, you know, I remember one time someone tried to be five years old. And I have the trial during the time he was this accident. I mean it was over a period of about 13 years. We mailed out the sword and trial.
Wow. We're talking about a tough job. We sent it to all of the state. Yeah.
Right, he's the founder of Grace Baptist Church of Carlisle where I am a member. I May not be. Go go right ahead. So it was this been the day when Ernie was the ballroom brawler. Wow.
Came home from work. He was going to the bedroom and he'd be crying out to God to save Ernie. He is now president.
By the way, brother, we're gonna have to go to our final break. I'm sorry to interrupt you. I hate interrupting you but it's this will be a very quick break and if anybody and I have a feeling we're gonna have to Wait till another interview to have questions from listeners.
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Welcome back. This is Chris Arnzen. And this is the last segment of today's interview with Pastor Ron McKinney of Kinsey Drive Baptist Church in Dalton, Georgia. I know without question that after the show I'm going to invite a Pastor Ron back on because the time has just flown by like a bullet.
I wanted to reassure those of you who have written in questions including Andrew in Dalton, Georgia I want you all to be rep to be rest assured that we will have Ron back. At some point in the future.
Hopefully not too long. We have a lot of dates booked. Already, but we will have him back to continue on this theme and if you could pick up where you left off. I'm sorry. I had to interrupt you.
Ron.
That's quite. All right. I was mentioning something about Al Mohler jr. Having gotten the whole J. Pettigrew boys. Yes, James Pettigrew boys and I I got acquainted with him while he was down in Jordan magazine.
This is. But he came and he preached for us several different times and nobody knew who he was. Nobody.
Came back and spoke at our conference in 2010 and that we had it at the Convention Center here and. Anyway, God has done amazing things brother. I want to mention this in closing that the grace of God felt like we had something.
We were alone alone in all this and into it together for the class 7 ,000 people that were there that year. That at least they're not 7 ,000 and we came to the doctrine of grace John Reese here praise God.
Well, it turns out I guess we do have a time for a couple of questions.
And by the way Andrew in Dalton, Georgia, obviously, we're going to wait to the next time to have your request. Responded to because Andrew wanted you to tell the story on The formation of Kinsley Drive Baptist Church, but we only have about six minutes so we'll wait till next.
Would love to do that.
But we do have. Let's see. We have an anonymous listener who asks.
When you.
Transformed from Pentecostalism into the doctrines of sovereign grace. Did you immediately become a cessationist or did you ever become a cessationist or was it a gradual transition. Yes, this is referring to the sign gifts, obviously tongues and healing by laying on of hands and that kind of thing.
Over 50 years ago. I know this I know that God is sovereign in what he does manipulate. And we can cause to happen. I know that to in the scriptures I know that I'm very I'm very Skeptical and I'm very without interpret to happen and God could do whatever he wants there.
It is free. We're not. I'm not expecting that. I know that the God that the God that I serve gives grace to many many things to praise him and to give him glory and.
Denied. Oh, hey, man.
I mean, I don't think becoming a believer in the doctrines of grace means you start denying supernatural experience. But in your own life, did you ever come to a place where you ceased speaking in tongues?
Great. I mean, it's been a long time and I don't I don't say that because that means that I don't believe I guess I have some so much is is that I see there's so much That is brought into it.
People.
In such a way, you know, right? I don't. I just don't. If God is going to move, right?
If I've got a moment, yes, you have about two minutes.
I had I had this experience when I went to Orlando didn't know Albury is still a huge church and Our civic it might have been 93 somebody in Orlando that we I'm going to and I went there early. So I went on Wednesday night, which was the night that the local church was sitting down probably.
They probably had four or five hundred there. They began to sing and What I would say is they were trying to get everybody Knowledgeable, it's going on. I'd seen it all my life. Emotional manipulation.
It was an emotional manipulation and I was. I know the working of the Holy Spirit into the working of the Holy Spirit. But I didn't feel it right next morning. I went back and I sat in the front row. Again, I wasn't people there.
Yeah. Yeah. You know, he was he was.
Yes, he was and they almost had identical voices, too.
Ontological brother. In me my head was full and my heart was full and I wanted to come out of that chair. And I want to praise God lift my hands and presbyterian friends would look at me like I was crazy.
We just and brother I hate to tell you this but we're gonna have to continue this the next time you're on the air. Because we're out of time. I'm so sorry I could listen to you for many at many hours and I'm looking forward to the next two hours with you.
If anybody wants to get a hold of Kinsey Drive Baptist Church in Dalton, Georgia Go to a Kinsey Drive Baptist Church comm. That's K. I n se why? Drive Baptist Church comm. Thank you so much brother. I look forward to your return to the program and please stay on the on the phone because I'd like to reschedule your next interview.
Thank you, brother.
And I want everybody to always remember for the rest of your lives that Jesus Christ is a far greater Savior than you are a sinner.