Category: Wesleyan Accent
Michael Smith ~ Advice for Young Preachers
November 19, 2015
Listening to good preachers should inspire us to sharpen our skills (and not just borrow material).
Carrie Carter ~ What Heritage Do You Choose to Pass On?
November 18, 2015
Am I leaving a heritage that my boys will want to pass on to my grandchildren? Am I leaving them a heritage that, in the face of evil, will give them the boldness to say, “Yes, I am a Christian”? Am I leaving them a heritage that gives them peace and security in Christ as the world around them crumbles?
Harley Scalf ~ Then Face to Face: Remembering Ellsworth Kalas
November 16, 2015
“There is only one Sunday that matters – this one – and only one sermon to be preached – this one. So fall in love with this sermon.”
Elizabeth Glass Turner ~ The Narrative of Evil
November 14, 2015
We are not at the mercy of terrorists. They are at our mercy as we live in flesh and blood and bone the loving mercy of Jesus Christ, Emmanuel-God-With-Us, who was and is and is to come. As the orange-suited martyrs cried to Jesus on their sandy beach deathbeds, evil crumpled. They have no power over Jesus Christ, they have no power over the world to come, they have no power over your soul.
Kimberly Reisman – IKEA Discovers the Secret to Evangelism
November 12, 2015
But when we share faith with others, we don’t tell them what they should believe. We tell them what we believe – and more importantly, who we trust, which brings us once again to relationship.
Ken Loyer ~ Infant Baptism and Beyond: A Systematic Approach, Part IV
November 11, 2015
I have found that this is a good way to keep before the family and the child the meaning of baptism and to remind the parents of the promise they made to God during the baptism to do all they can to raise their child in the faith.
Elizabeth Glass Turner ~ The Binary Eucharist
November 5, 2015
The Body of Christ can’t be reduced to a series of zeros and ones. This is why a nursing home resident may watch sermons on their television but still ask to be wheeled down to the weekly worship service in the multipurpose room. This is why that same resident may request that their pastor bring them communion occasionally.
Kimberly Reisman ~ Caught Not Taught
October 29, 2015
Jesus reminds us that if we keep a seed in our hands and clutch it with a closed fist, it will never grow. We must open our hands and let go of the seed. The problem is that many of us are living with closed hands. When we live like that, nothing can grow either within us or within others.
Jerry Walls ~ Conversation: Free Will in Brazil
October 26, 2015
I think the deepest appeal of Wesleyan theology is that is heartily affirms a God who is truly good and sincerely loves all persons. God does not determine, God empowers, enables, encourages. And the message that God loves us and wants to empower us to love him back, as well as each other is a message of great hope. No one has been “passed over” or determined by God for eternal misery and damnation. To the contrary, there is hope for everyone, and the resources of grace are available to transform even those persons who may seem most hopeless in our eyes.
JB Jackson ~ Praying for Crumbs
October 24, 2015
Our Lord said she had great faith because she wanted just a little. “Just a little from the Lord’s table will do me.”