Category: Wesleyan Accent
James Petticrew ~ Ordinary Radicals
February 8, 2016
Holiness, because it’s a lifestyle shaped not by the culture we are surrounded by but by a Holy God, is a radically different lifestyle.
Jeff Rudy ~ Favor and Vengeance: Your Missing Piece
February 6, 2016
The opportunity to proclaim and exact vengeance was right there before him. But he didn’t take it. The opportunity to proclaim the day of vengeance was right there before Jesus too; he was given the scroll; he could have kept on, but he stopped…
Elizabeth Glass Turner ~ Good Reads
February 4, 2016
If your soul and mind need quieted and fed at the bird feeder before flying off into the storm again, here are a few good reads from around the online meadow. Maybe one of them will sustain you in flight. Sparrows aren’t forgotten, no matter what tasks on your to-do list regularly slip your mind.
Carolyn Moore ~ The Dog Ate the Communion Bread
February 3, 2016
The terrible result for too many of us is that we no longer trust God. We are suspicious that maybe he does not have our best interests at heart. We secretly wonder if given an inch, God would try to make us walk a mile we don’t want to walk.
Kimberly Reisman ~ The “E” Word, or, We Don’t Talk About That in Polite Company
January 28, 2016
Repeatedly, across denominations, both within and outside the church, I have encountered hesitation, frustration, misunderstanding, denial, negativity, and even outright hostility in response to the entire topic of evangelism. Few people, it seems – at least in Western context, are comfortable talking about evangelism, much less engaging in it.
Carolyn Moore ~ Finish What You Started (or, the most powerful three-letter word in the Bible)
January 27, 2016
Here’s the secret, leaders. This is what separates the crazy from the courageous.
Otis McMillan ~ Testing, Trusting, Timing
January 25, 2016
Many struggle endeavoring to conquer areas of weakness. Resolutions are made but change, if it comes, is only short lived. Their efforts are dependent on their own strength and will. Time in God’s Word is lacking. If you desire stability in the ways of the Lord the process must begin. Give time daily to read his Word, study to show yourself approved, and then meditate day and night upon what you have studied. Your strength and stability will follow.
Maxie Dunnam ~ Black Voices Matter: Do We Value African Leadership?
January 23, 2016
If the unity of a “communion” is dependent upon order and covenant in relation to Scripture and doctrine, as the World Anglican Communion is insisting, how much more is the unity of The United Methodist Church, as one denomination?
Andrew C. Thompson ~ Our Sort-Of Free Will: How Relationship with God Happens
January 21, 2016
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.