Month: February 2014
Visiting the Sick: How We Participate In Our Own Salvation by Andrew Thompson
February 26, 2014
Around the time the Methodist revival in England completed its first decade, John Wesley penned an essay called A Plain…
Folk Religion & Ford Pick-Ups: How A Missiological Approach Can Transform Small-Town Ministry by Elizabeth Glass Turner
February 24, 2014
I’m a Yankee. Specifically, I was born in central Michigan, where the air is scented with pine needles and damp…
Becoming My Prayers by Kimberly Reisman
February 19, 2014
I frequently lead workshops on prayer, which I always find kind of odd because I’ve never felt myself to be…
Songs For Sinners by Ellsworth Kalas
February 17, 2014
Charles Wesley wrote songs for sinners. For those who were lost in sin, his hymns promised salvation, and for those who had come to Christ they were hymns that celebrated the day when it happened… These hymns are as true as ever and it is only our spiritual and doctrinal naivete that keeps us from seeing it.
Staying Out Of Trouble by Davis Chappell
February 15, 2014
Acts 17:16-34 contains Paul’s message to the Athenians at the Areopagus. Athens was considered the intellectual capital of the world….
Christianity With A Wesleyan Accent: Wesleyan Discipline by Kevin Watson
February 10, 2014
The good news is that we already have a basic blueprint for how to help people embrace faith in Jesus and become his apprentices. Methodist discipline, or the method that gave Methodism its name, was focused on helping people become deeply committed Christians, to become mature followers of Jesus Christ … The biggest challenge contemporary Wesleyans may face is our own unwillingness to be a disciplined people.
Searching For Easter by Bill McAlilly
February 8, 2014
This is a portion of the sermon preached on December 27, 2013, at the funeral service for Bishop McAlilly’s nephew…
Beforehand Grace by Bryan Collier
February 5, 2014
Prevenient grace does not depend on any power or merit in man; no, not in any degree, neither in whole,…
Want To Know More About John Wesley? by Andrew Thompson
February 3, 2014
I received an e-mail from a pastor in Tennessee a few days ago posing this question: A church member asked…