Kendell Healy

Category: Theology

  • Wesleyan – Ordo Salutis (Order of Salvation)

    Wesleyan – Ordo Salutis (Order of Salvation)

    Wesleyan Ordo Salutis Creation, Justification, Regeneration, and Assurance Rev. Kendell Linh Healy Properly understood, the Wesleyan ordo salutis begins with God’s sovereign act of creation ex nihilo. Notably, for John Wesley, the world was “freely” created out of God’s eternal attribute of holy love. Significantly, God’s freedom to create infers that the creation did…

  • שׁוּב – Shûb – A Hebrew Word Study

    שׁוּב – Shûb – A Hebrew Word Study

    Defining the Term According to Brown, Driver & Briggs, the Hebrew term שׁוּב(shûb) is a verb that means “turn back, return.”[1]In the Qal stem, shûb is the simple action of turning back from following something or someone such as God, a belief or a parent’s instruction. Additionally, Shûb can also…

  • Δικαιοσύνη – (Righteousness) – A Κοινὴ Greek Word Study

    Δικαιοσύνη – (Righteousness) – A Κοινὴ Greek Word Study

    Defining the Term According to Thayer’s lexicon, the term δικαιοσύνη (dikaiosunē) has both a broad sense and a closer sense. In the broad sense, δικαιοσύνη is the condition or state that is acceptable to God, which is the condition of righteousness.[1]Righteousness is correlated with characteristics such as “integrity, virtue, purity…

  • Defining Objective Salvation

    Defining Objective Salvation

    At the core of Christian theology is the belief in the person and work of Jesus Christ. When referring to the “work of Jesus,” Christians mean the entirety of His life; however, it was His sacrificial death on the cross and His bodily resurrection three days later where everything comes…

  • Defending the Virgin Birth Through Original Sin

    Defending the Virgin Birth Through Original Sin

     Introduction In regard to the person of Jesus Christ, there is more written about His death and resurrection than there is about His birth. Out of the four Gospel accounts, only Matthew and Luke tell the story of how Jesus the Christ entered into His creation. Nevertheless, both Gospel narratives…

  • Imago Dei – Three Perspectives from Three States of Humanity

    Imago Dei – Three Perspectives from Three States of Humanity

    This essay will argue that the imago Dei (Image of God) of Genesis 1:26-27 is foundational in understanding what it means to be a human being and that Jesus Christ is the only One who provides the truest meaning of what it means to be created in His image.

  • Pauline Christology in Colossians 1:15-20

    Pauline Christology in Colossians 1:15-20

    This paper will examine Colossians 1:15-20 with the sole purpose of revealing Paul’s high Christological view in order for Christians to develop a proper Christological foundation.

  • Phoebe – In Response to Paul (Romans)

    Phoebe – In Response to Paul (Romans)

    The following letter is part II of a creative writing assignment from my course in Pauline literature. The task was to write a letter from Phoebe to Paul on how the Christians in Rome received his letter. The letter had to follow first-century ancient letter format. Enjoy! 

  • Galatians – A Reply to Paul

    Galatians – A Reply to Paul

    Prompt: write a letter that the Galatians might have written in reply to Paul’s letter. The letter must follow first-century ancient letter format.

  • Paul’s Conversion and Calling

    Paul’s Conversion and Calling

    There has been much scholarly argument in recent years (as there always is) surrounding the apostle Paul’s post-resurrection encounter with the Christ and whether or not his experience is best described as a conversion or as a calling into the ministry. More specifically, the argument has been centrally focused on…