Reordering the Order

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/16173668/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/3433802/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] How is sharing our faith connected to restoring relationships? Is repentance a condition of acceptance? When we show and share the love of Jesus, why is it important to open our arms in welcome before we do anything else? Let us hear from you: podcast@worldmethodist.org Find us on Social

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Do We Love People The Way We Say We Do? by Kim Reisman

When it comes to sharing the love of Christ with the world, the connection between what we say we believe and how we live out those beliefs is crucial. Our integrity is directly related to the strength of that connection. If there is a gap between what we say we believe and the way we live our lives, we lose

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Reaching Communities Broken by Apartheid

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/15990671/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/3433802/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Find Ralph on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ralph.afghan Email: revafgahn@gmail.com Order of the FLAME https://www.worldmethodist.org/engage/flame/ Metanoia https://www.worldmethodist.org/engage/metanoia/ Let us hear from you: podcast@worldmethodist.org Find Rob on Social Media @DrRobHaynes Find WME on Social Media: Facebook  Twitter Instagram  Check out this episode!

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When the Holy Spirit Empowers Our Ears to Hear

One of my favorite Holy Days is Pentecost, partly because (thankfully) it hasn’t been co-opted by Western consumerism. Maybe that’s why it comes and goes without too much attention. We don’t have weeks of lead-up like we do for Christmas or Easter; and the Holy Spirit definitely doesn’t have the economic punch of Santa or the Easter Bunny. Pentecost is

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The Miracle Of Mouths And Ears by Kim Reisman

One of my favorite Holy Days is Pentecost, partly because (thankfully) it hasn’t been co-opted by western consumerism. Maybe that’s why it comes and goes without too much attention. We don’t have weeks of lead up like we do for Christmas or Easter; and the Holy Spirit definitely doesn’t have the economic punch of Santa or the Easter Bunny. Pentecost

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Plans And Power: Our Limits And God’s Goodness by BJ Funk

“Plan your work and work your plan.” That phrase is great – in theory. Usually, it carries with it a practical application. But sometimes those plans are suddenly laid aside. That’s where our churches found themselves in March of this year.  We planned our work ahead of schedule – but then weren’t able to work that plan. Coronavirus took the

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Is God the Creating Redeemer or the Redeeming Creator

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/15810791/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/3433802/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] To learn more about Embrace, order your copy, or schedule an Embrace training at: www.WorldMethodist.org Let us hear from you: podcast@worldmethodist.org Find us on Social Media: Facebook here https://www.facebook.com/worldmethodistevangelism Twitter here https://twitter.com/worldmethodist Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/worldmethodist/ Check out this episode!

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The Reality Of Interdependency In An Age Of Social Distancing by Kim Reisman

A significant aspect of the Embrace understanding of showing and sharing the love of Jesus is the idea of interdependency – the idea that human beings flourish in the context of relationships with others. Rather than focusing solely on our independence, to truly thrive, we must recognize that we are interdependent – both separate and connected to those around us. 

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Social Media & Holiness by Andy Stoddard

I’ve always been an “early adapter.”  I may not be the first person to try a new technology, but I’m not far behind.  Following the arrival of the first iPhones, I wasn’t at the Apple Store at midnight for a new release – but I’d show up sometime the next day. So I joined social media early on. As soon as

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Faith and Science in a Global Pandemic

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/14713604/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/3433802/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Rev. Prof. David Wilkinson is the Principal of St. John’s College, Durham University in the UK. St. John’s College, Durham https://www.dur.ac.uk/st-johns.college/ Equipping Christian Leaders in an Age of Science http://community.dur.ac.uk/christianleadership.science/ BioLogos https://biologos.org Check out this episode!

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Ministry in the Newly Distanced Church (Part 1) by Rob Haynes

Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.  John 15:4-5

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A Response To Recent Events In The United States by Kim Reisman

Events in the United States often impact the rest of the world. Though World Methodist Evangelism is a global organization working through a network of 80 million Methodist Wesleyans in over 130 countries; I feel it is important to speak out on the current unrest unfolding in the US. I have been trying to mentally and emotionally process what has

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Reckoning Before Revival by Elizabeth Glass-Turner

There is a reckoning unfolding that we would avoid if we could – unless we are one of the people who have been crying out for it, praying for it, watching the horizon for it. But the people who pray for revival and the people who pray for reckoning aren’t always the same. In the open air of summer camp

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“Overwhelmed”: How Our Pastors Are Coping With The Pandemic

A Note From The Editor: Recently I asked clergy members from several Wesleyan Methodist denominations in the United States about what it’s been like coping with a pandemic. Ministers in other parts of the world have experienced these dynamics before, and pastors a hundred years ago went through this in America. For many church leaders in the U.S., these have

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The Body Of Hope

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/14482535/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/3433802/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Dr. Beth Felker Jones is Professor of Theology at Wheaton College, in Wheaton, IL and a senior John Wesley Fellow. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bethfelker.jones Twitter: @bethfelkerjones Amazon: https://smile.amazon.com/s?k=beth+felker+jones&ref=nb_sb_noss_2 Check out this episode!

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A Prayer For Burning Grace: Protocols & Pentecost by Elizabeth Glass Turner

Pastors and denominational leaders face tough decisions right now. The Christian faith is inherently embodied; we gather, we meet, we celebrate the Incarnation – the Word Made Flesh. For millenia, we’ve celebrated the Eucharist, finding Christ’s presence in the tangible – wine and bread, a burning grace. The Christian faith is also inherently self-sacrificial; we mend, we serve, we search

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Fishing Through The Disappointment Of Empty Nets by Edgar Bazan

It was after Easter. The disciples were told to wait for Jesus in Galilee. But did they have to wait by sitting and doing nothing? “I’m going fishing,” said Peter. And why not? It made perfect sense. Fishing was their livelihood. They may as well make some money while waiting. So they all piled into a boat and shoved off.

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What is Evangelism?

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/14353124/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/3433802/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Rob Haynes and Kim Reisman discuss the foundations for faith-sharing in the modern world. www.worldmethodist.org Check out this episode!

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