October 18, 2019 Show with Dr. John McKnight on “One Christian’s Journey from Wesleyan Arminianism to Calvinism Guided by the Holy Scriptures & the Holy Spirit Alone”

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And after meeting this brother in Christ at a retirement party, a brother who was a friend and a guest on this program who had retired from the pastoral ministry at the Malvern Free Presbyterian Church in Pennsylvania, that was a number of years ago, and I met this brother at that party, that retirement party, and I just said to myself, I've got to get this brother on my program.

I was so fascinated and blessed and edified and impressed by this brother during our conversation, and I'm just thanking the Lord that this opportunity has now arisen, and he is our guest today. I am speaking of Dr. John McKnight.

He is a conference speaker, and he is the pastor of Reformation Bible Church of Darlington, Maryland. Today we are going to be addressing his journey from Wesleyan Arminianism into Calvinism, guided by the Holy Scriptures and the Holy Spirit alone.

We're also going to be discussing the 78th Annual Convention of the American Council of Christian Churches, which is being held next Tuesday through Thursday here in Carlisle, Pennsylvania at Faith Chapel, and that's going to be on the theme Biblical Fundamentalism Pursuing Purity.

But first of all, it's my honor and privilege to welcome you to Iron Trip and Zion Radio for the very first time, Dr. John McKnight. Amen. Amen. Well, first of all, before we get into your personal testimony and your journey from Wesleyan Arminianism into Calvinism, please tell our listeners something about Reformation Bible Church of Darlington, Maryland.

Well, did your dad follow your journey as well into Reformed theology, or Calvinism as it is nicknamed?

Well, I don't know yet. I'll find out when we get to heaven.

Well, you know he has now.

Yes. Well, I'll put it this way, my fault.

Yes, in fact, it's actually, I have spoken, I don't even know how many, but I've definitely spoken with a number of Reformed brethren who actually became Reformed, obviously through the Holy Spirit, but the human instrument was that very book, A .W. Pink's book on the sovereignty of God.

Praise God. And when your dad was pastoring the church that you are now pastoring, was it called back then Reformation Bible Church?

No, it was Evangelical Method.

Okay. And, well, oh, yeah, one thing I wanted to ask you is because of the fact that, as you are fully aware, the Reformed camp, if you will, within Christendom has differences of opinion on baptism, among other things.

Would Reformation Bible Church be baptistic, or would it be a paedo-baptist congregation? That sounds very much like the policy of the denomination, the Free Presbyterian Church of North America and Ulster.

Yes, yes, indeed.

And, in fact, as I mentioned yesterday, my dear friend Peter Jeffrey, who is now in heaven for eternity with Christ, he pastored Sanfields in Port Talbot, Wales, which was the first congregation that Dr. Martin Lloyd-Jones pastored.

And they had the same policy as well. They had members of both a paedo-baptist and a baptistic conviction. Peter himself was baptistic, but they would have someone who believed in paedo-baptism, a minister such as a Presbyterian, baptize an infant for a couple if they desired that.

And, by the way, folks, if you want to find out more about the Reformation Bible Church of Darlington, Maryland, if you want to look that up after this program is over, you can go to ReformationBibleChurch .org, ReformationBibleChurch .org, very easy to remember.

And hopefully we'll be repeating that towards the end of the program. Well, we are, as I said, discussing not only your testimony, but we are also announcing to our listeners the 78th Annual Convention of the American Council of Christian Churches to be held here next week, Tuesday through Thursday, at Faith Chapel in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on the theme, Biblical Fundamentalism Pursuing Purity.

If you could tell us about this conference, and I know you already said that you are going to be paying tribute to your own father during a breakout session, but what else can you tell us about this conference?

The American Council of Christian Churches and the Fundamentalist-Modernist Heritage

On the American Council...

And sadly, very often, and very tragically, vehemently anti-Calvinist. Not always, but very often.

Yes. Indeed, it is often.

And of course, that's ironic that there would be such vehement hatred on occasions amongst our Fundamentalist brethren against Calvinism, when many of the key figures during the Fundamentalist-Modernist controversy in the earlier 20th century were themselves Calvinists.

So it is kind of interesting how there can be such bitterness and anger. I mean, of course, there are independent Fundamentalists who are Calvinists, and there are those that are tolerant of it and not hateful toward it, but you do have that extreme element within them.

In fact, you have an extreme element within them that would even oppose the existence of something like the American Council of Christian Churches. There are some that take independence to such an extreme that they don't want to be associated with any kind of a fraternal or fellowship of churches that even smacks in any way of being a denomination.

If you could tell our Fundamentalist listeners why they can be rest assured that the American Council of Christian Churches is something that they should not oppose, and that this does not violate the independent autonomy of the local church.

Yes, that's the exact thing.

Ironically, the councils were mainly formed to combat and eradicate heresy.

Yes.

Well, just to give our listeners a bit more information about this event, next Tuesday through Thursday in Carlisle, Pennsylvania at Faith Chapel. The event begins on Tuesday at 7 p .m. with a very interesting title.

I'm dying to find out what this message is actually about in more detail, but the theme is The Battle Royale, Biblical Fundamentalism, and Rev. Dan Greenfield is going to be delivering that message. I received word from Dan that he's looking forward to being on Iron Sherpa's Iron Radio sometime after the conference.

He could not fit us into his schedule beforehand, but we're looking forward to interviewing Dan, God willing, in the near future. And then there are messages such as, on Wednesday, God Would Raise Up New Generations of Fundamentalists, delivered by Rev. Cliff Hawthorne.

Knowing Our History, Biblical Fundamentalism's Past, which will be delivered by Dr. Kevin Hobie. Is it Hobie or Hobie?

Hobie.

Hobie.

Kevin Hobie.

And then we have Has the Battle Ended? Biblical Fundamentalism's Present and Future by Dr. Chick Deere, who pastors right here in Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. And our guest today, Dr. John McKnight, one of his messages is The Fundamentalist's Perils.

Conference Messages and Breakout Tributes at the ACCC Convention

And then we have, coming up on the final day of the event, Rev. Brad Rider is going to be speaking on Abandoning Self to Please a Holy God. And Rev. John Mark Turner is going to be speaking on The Basis of Biblical Fundamentalism, Holiness.

And then Dr. Paul Elliott will be speaking on Unsung Heroes, Fundamentalism's Needs. And then The Desire of Biblical Fundamentalism, Purity and Revival by Rev. David Mook, who pastors a free Presbyterian church in Phoenix, Arizona.

And then there's going to be breakout sessions, which each pay tribute to a hero of the faith within the fundamentalist movement, Stephen Hamilton, who was our guest yesterday, one of our guests yesterday.

He's actually going to be speaking on The Claim of Homosexual Celibate Christianity. And then Dan Greenfield, again, he's going to be speaking on Do Our Associations in Ministry and Pulpit Sharing Matter?

And then the tributes are going to be paid to the great heroes of the fundamentalist movement, such as Bob Jones Sr., who will be given tribute by Jonathan Peters. Bob Jones Jr. will be given tribute by John Mark Turner.

Carl McIntyre, who we were just mentioning earlier. My friend Brad Zell, who was also a guest yesterday on the program, he's going to be paying tribute to Dr. McIntyre. Robert T. Ketchum will be the subject of a tribute by Dan Greenfield.

The very controversial Ian Paisley will be given tribute by Ronald Cook. J. Gresham Machen, a very beloved figure that Reformed Baptists and Presbyterians both join in admiring in a great degree. J. Gresham Machen, one of the pillars of the fundamentalist-modernist controversy on the fundamentalist side, of course.

He is going to be given tribute by Paul Elliott. W .B. Reilly will be given tribute by Kevin Hovey. William and John Ashbrook will be given tribute by Stephen Spence. As we said earlier, Don McKnight, the father of my guest today, John McKnight, will be given tribute by my guest, John.

And Chick Deere, who will be paying tribute to Ralph Koloss. So, if anybody wants more information on how they can attend this conference, all you have to do is go to the website of the American Council of Christian Churches.

That website is accc4truth .org. That's accc4truth .org. And then forward slash 2019-convention. That will bring you right to the details on this conference. And we'll be, God willing, repeating this information later on.

So, now we have to go to our first break. And when we return, I want you to give us more detail about your personal journey from Wesleyan Arminianism into what has been nicknamed Calvinism and has been nicknamed the Doctrines of Sovereign Grace and has been nicknamed the Doctrines of Free Grace and has been nicknamed the Doctrines of Reform Theology or Reformation Theology.

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Dr. John McKnight’s Testimony and the Role of Scripture in His Conversion

Welcome back, this is Chris Arnzen, your host of Iron Sharpens Iron Radio, and our guest today for the full two hours with a little less than 90 minutes to go is Dr. John McKnight, a pastor of Reformation Bible Church in Darlington, Maryland, and also one of the speakers at a conference where I will be attending, God willing, next Tuesday through Thursday, right here in my new hometown of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, at Faith Chapel in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

That's the American Council of Christian Churches 2019 convention. And once again, for more details on that conference, go to acccthenumberfortruth .org, acccthenumberfortruth .org, and then that's forward slash 2019 dash convention.

And we'll be repeating that information throughout the program. And our email address, if you'd like to join us on the air with a question on Dr. John McKnight's journey from Wesleyan Arminianism to Calvinism guided by the Holy Scriptures and the Holy Spirit alone, our email address is ChrisArnzen at gmail .com, C-H-R-I-S-A-R-N-Z-E-N at gmail .com.

And please give us your first name, city and state, and country of residence if you live outside the USA. By the way, brother, before I even have you begin to give us more details about your testimony, we have greetings being given to you from an old schoolmate of yours who hasn't seen you.

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And he sends his greetings and wanted me to pass on your email address to him so he can get back in touch with you.

My greetings as well, Judge University.

Amen.

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R-B-C, Franconia, and that's spelled F-R-A-N-C-O-N-I-A dot org. R-B-C, Franconia dot org. Well, let's pick up where we left off. You already said that you had been raised in an evangelical Methodist home with an evangelical Methodist father who was a pastor.

Tell us from there how you first began to hear about those doctrines that have been nicknamed Calvinism or Reformed theology or the doctrines of sovereign grace or the doctrines of free grace. Tell us about that.

Happy to do so.

In fact, we have to pick up right where you left off there.

Okay.

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Since its beginning in 2001, Solid Ground has been committed to publish God-centered, Christ-exalting books for all ages. We invite you to go treasure hunting at solid-ground-books .com. That's solid-ground-books .com, and see what priceless literary gems from the past to present you can unearth from Solid Ground.

Solid Ground Christian Books is honored to be a weekly sponsor of Iron Sharpens Iron Radio.

And don't forget, folks, every time you purchase books from solid-ground-books .com, you are helping to keep Iron Sharpens Iron Radio on the air, because solid-ground-books .com is a primary sponsor of this broadcast, and barring a miracle, I cannot imagine that we would be able to remain on the air without their financial support.

In fact, Mike Gaydosch, founder and president of solid-ground-books .com, is so impressed and thrilled and financially blessed himself through advertising on this program, because of the large number of audience members listening to this program who have purchased books from solid-ground-books .com, that he has tripled his advertising budget since he first launched his ad campaign with us in 2015.

So, please help us repay the kindness by continuing to purchase books from solid-ground-books .com, and if you've never purchased books from that ministry before, please begin to do so. They have the finest in Christian literature from the past and the present.

Some of the treasures from church history that went out of print and were long forgotten have been discovered and brought back into print by solid-ground-books .com, so please continue to purchase from them, or begin to, if you have not yet done so, at solid-ground-books .com, and there's a lot of holidays coming up where people normally buy gifts, so do a lot, if not all, of your gift-giving at solid-ground-books .com, and we urge you to please remember always to remind them that you heard about them from Chris Arnzen on Iron Sherpa and Zion Radio.