Backsliding - Born again
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Backsliding
The process of allowing one's life to be more and more characterized by sin and lack of interest in the things of God. For those who hold to the eternal security of the believer, backsliding would be seen as a hindrance to one's fellowship with God until repentance occurs, but would not break one's saving relationship to God. For those who deny the doctrine of eternal security, backsliding, if allowed to continue, will ultimately result in one losing their salvation. In some more strict holiness groups, backsliding can be seen as evidence that someone has already lost their salvation.
Baptism of the Holy Spirit
A metaphor used to describe Christ spiritually baptizing the believer with the Holy Spirit (figuratively immersing the believer). As part of this supernatural work, the believer simultaneously becomes a part of the true church (the Body of Christ) and is both permanently indwelt and sealed by the Holy Spirit.
The phrase "baptism of the Holy Spirit" does not occur in the Bible, rather it is used as a verbal phrase "baptize (or baptized) in the Spirit."
The phrase "baptism of the Holy Spirit" gained usage in the 19th century with the development of the holiness movement, at which time it became identified with a "second work of grace" or "the second blessing," whereby believers are said to be fully sanctified or cleansed from the presence and power of sin in their lives. However, the Bible does not speak of such a second work.
As a segment of the holiness movement developed into the Pentecostal Movement, largely as a result of the Azusa Street revivals, speaking in tongues came to be identified as the sign of being baptized with the Holy Spirit. For some, the "filling of the Holy Spirit" and the "baptism of the Holy Spirit" largely became synonymous, even though the Bible does not equate the two.
Baptismal regeneration
The view that baptism is required for salvation because it is said that regeneration (being born again) only takes place at the moment of baptism. Proponents of this view maintain that salvation is still only by faith alone, but that such faith only becomes effective when someone actually submits to baptism by immersion.
Beast, The
The person, first identified by this designation in Revelation 13, who will rise to power during the Tribulation period, empowered by Satan to become the leader of a one-world government and religion. He will set himself against God, Israel and believers during the Tribulation. He will set himself up as God in a rebuilt Jewish temple in Jerusalem, and attempt to cause the entire world to worship him in as God. He is prophesied in the Book of Daniel, and referred to as "the man of sin" and "the son of perdition" in 2 Thess. Chapter 2.
Bible Church Movement
A broad and diverse trend among conservative Christians toward establishing autonomous, independent churches and away from mainline denominational churches due to liberalism in the denominational seminaries, colleges and the churches themselves.
It is difficult to mark exactly when this movement began, but it seems to be the result of the convergence of a number of factors. By the early 1900's, there was a fairly significant and growing number of Bible institute graduates due to the wide-spread popularity of that movement among conservative believers. "The Fundamentals," which outlined and affirmed the foundational biblical truths of orthodox Protestant Christianity, were published between 1910 and 1915 by the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. In order to offer a conservative alternative in higher biblical education, several independent seminaries were established, including Dallas Theological Seminary in 1924 by Lewis Sperry Chafer, which is widely considered the flagship school of the Bible church movement, as well as of conservative, evangelical, dispensational theology.
Although Bible churches represent a fairly broad theological spectrum, the majority can probably be characterized as having conservative, "baptistic" theology which affirms things like the inspiration, inerrancy and authority of Scripture, the deity of Christ, the Virgin Birth, Christ's bodily resurrection and second-coming, salvation by faith alone and believers' baptism by immersion. A large segment would also hold to some form of dispensational theology.
Bible Institute Movement
A movement which began in the late 19th century with the establishment of Nyack College in 1882 and Moody Bible Institute in 1887 to develop conservative educational institutions to broadly equip believers for the work of the ministry. The Bible institute movement was largely a reaction to the theological liberalism found in the seminaries and theological colleges of many of the large established denominations.
More recently, many Bible institutes have become Bible colleges (such as Moody Bible Institute) or universities (such as BIOLA, formerly the Bible Institute of Los Angeles).
As one example, the Word of Life Bible Institute in Schroon Lake, NY continues to reflect the philosophy, conservative theology and practical ministry training characteristic of the early Bible institute movement.
Bibliology
The technical theological term for the study of the doctrine of the Bible.
Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit
A specific sin to which Jesus referred in Matthew 12:32, Mark 3:29 and Luke 12:10 whereby the offenders were attributing the miracles done by Jesus personally to the power of Satan. Sometimes referred to as "the unpardonable sin" because "it will not be forgiven him in this age or in the age to come."
Because of the context of Jesus' earthly ministry, it is widely as a sin which can no longer be committed and due to its nature it is not a sin that would be committed by true believers.
Although many are often concerned that perhaps they have committed an unpardonable sin, no other sin is referred to as being such a sin.
Blessed Hope, The
The second-coming of the Lord Jesus Christ to the earth.
Born again
The term used in John 3, by Jesus speaking to Nicodemus to refer to the spiritual change (rebirth), which comes by faith alone, that one must experience in order to gain eternal life and enter into the Kingdom of God. "Born again" is also used by Peter in 1 Peter 2 and the concept seems to be referenced by Paul in 2 Corinthians 5 where he speaks of those who are in Christ being "new creations."
The process of allowing one's life to be more and more characterized by sin and lack of interest in the things of God. For those who hold to the eternal security of the believer, backsliding would be seen as a hindrance to one's fellowship with God until repentance occurs, but would not break one's saving relationship to God. For those who deny the doctrine of eternal security, backsliding, if allowed to continue, will ultimately result in one losing their salvation. In some more strict holiness groups, backsliding can be seen as evidence that someone has already lost their salvation.
Baptism of the Holy Spirit
A metaphor used to describe Christ spiritually baptizing the believer with the Holy Spirit (figuratively immersing the believer). As part of this supernatural work, the believer simultaneously becomes a part of the true church (the Body of Christ) and is both permanently indwelt and sealed by the Holy Spirit.
The phrase "baptism of the Holy Spirit" does not occur in the Bible, rather it is used as a verbal phrase "baptize (or baptized) in the Spirit."
The phrase "baptism of the Holy Spirit" gained usage in the 19th century with the development of the holiness movement, at which time it became identified with a "second work of grace" or "the second blessing," whereby believers are said to be fully sanctified or cleansed from the presence and power of sin in their lives. However, the Bible does not speak of such a second work.
As a segment of the holiness movement developed into the Pentecostal Movement, largely as a result of the Azusa Street revivals, speaking in tongues came to be identified as the sign of being baptized with the Holy Spirit. For some, the "filling of the Holy Spirit" and the "baptism of the Holy Spirit" largely became synonymous, even though the Bible does not equate the two.
Baptismal regeneration
The view that baptism is required for salvation because it is said that regeneration (being born again) only takes place at the moment of baptism. Proponents of this view maintain that salvation is still only by faith alone, but that such faith only becomes effective when someone actually submits to baptism by immersion.
Beast, The
The person, first identified by this designation in Revelation 13, who will rise to power during the Tribulation period, empowered by Satan to become the leader of a one-world government and religion. He will set himself against God, Israel and believers during the Tribulation. He will set himself up as God in a rebuilt Jewish temple in Jerusalem, and attempt to cause the entire world to worship him in as God. He is prophesied in the Book of Daniel, and referred to as "the man of sin" and "the son of perdition" in 2 Thess. Chapter 2.
Bible Church Movement
A broad and diverse trend among conservative Christians toward establishing autonomous, independent churches and away from mainline denominational churches due to liberalism in the denominational seminaries, colleges and the churches themselves.
It is difficult to mark exactly when this movement began, but it seems to be the result of the convergence of a number of factors. By the early 1900's, there was a fairly significant and growing number of Bible institute graduates due to the wide-spread popularity of that movement among conservative believers. "The Fundamentals," which outlined and affirmed the foundational biblical truths of orthodox Protestant Christianity, were published between 1910 and 1915 by the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. In order to offer a conservative alternative in higher biblical education, several independent seminaries were established, including Dallas Theological Seminary in 1924 by Lewis Sperry Chafer, which is widely considered the flagship school of the Bible church movement, as well as of conservative, evangelical, dispensational theology.
Although Bible churches represent a fairly broad theological spectrum, the majority can probably be characterized as having conservative, "baptistic" theology which affirms things like the inspiration, inerrancy and authority of Scripture, the deity of Christ, the Virgin Birth, Christ's bodily resurrection and second-coming, salvation by faith alone and believers' baptism by immersion. A large segment would also hold to some form of dispensational theology.
Bible Institute Movement
A movement which began in the late 19th century with the establishment of Nyack College in 1882 and Moody Bible Institute in 1887 to develop conservative educational institutions to broadly equip believers for the work of the ministry. The Bible institute movement was largely a reaction to the theological liberalism found in the seminaries and theological colleges of many of the large established denominations.
More recently, many Bible institutes have become Bible colleges (such as Moody Bible Institute) or universities (such as BIOLA, formerly the Bible Institute of Los Angeles).
As one example, the Word of Life Bible Institute in Schroon Lake, NY continues to reflect the philosophy, conservative theology and practical ministry training characteristic of the early Bible institute movement.
Bibliology
The technical theological term for the study of the doctrine of the Bible.
Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit
A specific sin to which Jesus referred in Matthew 12:32, Mark 3:29 and Luke 12:10 whereby the offenders were attributing the miracles done by Jesus personally to the power of Satan. Sometimes referred to as "the unpardonable sin" because "it will not be forgiven him in this age or in the age to come."
Because of the context of Jesus' earthly ministry, it is widely as a sin which can no longer be committed and due to its nature it is not a sin that would be committed by true believers.
Although many are often concerned that perhaps they have committed an unpardonable sin, no other sin is referred to as being such a sin.
Blessed Hope, The
The second-coming of the Lord Jesus Christ to the earth.
Born again
The term used in John 3, by Jesus speaking to Nicodemus to refer to the spiritual change (rebirth), which comes by faith alone, that one must experience in order to gain eternal life and enter into the Kingdom of God. "Born again" is also used by Peter in 1 Peter 2 and the concept seems to be referenced by Paul in 2 Corinthians 5 where he speaks of those who are in Christ being "new creations."
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