Month: January 2014
How We Die by Elizabeth Glass Turner
January 29, 2014
Do you die at peace with your God, at peace with others, at peace with yourself? Do you die with a weathered faith that murmurs, ‘til the end, “I know that my Redeemer lives…”? Do you die with the taste of communion bread in your mouth? … Do you die, knowing that soon, your tomb will be full, but that The Tomb That Matters Is Empty? Do you die with curiosity about what it feels like to caper with Triune Eternity?
A New Way Of Counting by Matt Sigler
January 27, 2014
The weight of Christian worship history testifies that the Sunday service is primarily a gathering of, and for, the faithful. This is not to say that we shouldn’t consider how our worship services can best speak in the language of our local contexts. It isn’t to say that we shouldn’t consider if our gatherings are marked with radical hospitality and welcome. But we gather in continuity with the first followers of Christ who found the tomb empty on Sunday.
A Song For Every Day by Ellsworth Kalas
January 20, 2014
Wesley knew how to be abased and how to abound. He intended, as did his brother John, to live all of life under God’s hand, whatever the circumstances of any given day.
Christianity With a Wesleyan Accent: Wesleyan Spirit by Kevin Watson
January 15, 2014
Though it may seem to be the most difficult to define of the three, Wesley insists on including spirit with doctrine and discipline because right doctrine (belief) and right discipline (practice) are not enough in themselves.
The Logic Of Holiness by Andrew Thompson
January 8, 2014
There is a phrase in Wesleyan theology that holds the key to understanding most everything about present salvation. The phrase…
“Stay In Love With God”: Accuracy And Adequacy by Ken Loyer
January 6, 2014
I have heard numerous people in various ecclesial and academic contexts use this reformulation as if it were the direct equivalent of the original. What I have not heard, however, is much in the way of critical reflection upon such usage. “Stay in love with God” is perhaps easier to say (and memorize) and sounds more modern than the rather cumbersome original, “attend upon all the ordinances of God.” Yet does that new, popularized rendering accurately express the point that Wesley was trying to make? At a deeper level, is the phrase “stay in love with God” theologically adequate?
Growing Deeply by Bill McAlilly
January 4, 2014
For six years I lived among live oak trees on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina….
Wesleyans Sing In The New Year by Ellsworth Kalas
January 1, 2014
We Methodists don’t “believe” in backsliding, as some have accused us, but we’re honest enough to confess a fact when it stares us in the face, and we’re sensitive enough to our spiritual condition that we can tell the difference.