From The Archives: The Logic Of Holiness by Andrew Thompson
Over the years at Wesleyan Accent, we have been blessed by numerous authors and articles. In this new space, we
Andrew Thompson is the lead pastor at First Methodist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He previously served as senior pastor at First United Methodist Church of Springdale, Arkansas, and as a professor on the faculty of Memphis Theological Seminary in Memphis, Tennessee. He holds a Doctor of Theology degree from Duke University and is the author of “The Means of Grace” (Seedbed, 2015) and “Watching from the Walls” (Trinity, 2020).
Over the years at Wesleyan Accent, we have been blessed by numerous authors and articles. In this new space, we
We don’t seem to know how to choose love rather than reaction. Forgiveness is the very rhythm of redemption – our redemption and the redemption of all our relationships.
Note from the Editor: This week at Wesleyan Accent, as we scan, with grief, ongoing news from seeker-sensitive Protestant megachurches
How do you preach funeral sermons?
Wesley was well aware of the true spiritual power that could accompany the Christian life. Yet he also believed that the Spirit who conveyed that power through God’s grace always acted in ways that could be understood, exactly because the Spirit’s work would conform to the witness of the Word.
The significance of this dynamic view of God’s grace, as present and active at every stage of the moral life, cannot be overestimated. Whether we are responding in love to our neighbor or whether we are responding in love to God, it is the power of God’s grace that enables the thought, word, or action itself.
Andrew Thompson is the lead pastor at First Methodist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He previously served as senior pastor at First United Methodist Church of Springdale, Arkansas, and as a professor on the faculty of Memphis Theological Seminary in Memphis, Tennessee. He holds a Doctor of Theology degree from Duke University and is the author of “The Means of Grace” (Seedbed, 2015) and “Watching from the Walls” (Trinity, 2020).
Over the years at Wesleyan Accent, we have been blessed by numerous authors and articles. In this new space, we
We don’t seem to know how to choose love rather than reaction. Forgiveness is the very rhythm of redemption – our redemption and the redemption of all our relationships.
Note from the Editor: This week at Wesleyan Accent, as we scan, with grief, ongoing news from seeker-sensitive Protestant megachurches