Wesleyan Accent Archive | World Methodist Evangelism

Excuses, Excuses: Common Sense, Morality, And The Divine Revelation of God by Elizabeth Glass Turner

elizabeth.turner November 16, 2017

Humans are expert excuse-makers. “Well, GOD, the woman you gave me tempted me, so…that’s why I didn’t listen to you when you told me not to eat anything from that tree.” “I know I’m not supposed to cut my hair, but…I mean, have you seen Delilah? I’m only human.” “I’d love to follow you, Jesus, but I have family obligations and an urgent to-do list first.

Three Lessons from 54 Hours in Lagos by Kim Reisman

Kim Reisman November 15, 2017

Although email and video conferencing are effective tools, there is nothing quite like meeting face to face – praying, eating, laughing, planning, hoping, and learning together.

Stop, Go Back, Give Thanks by Michelle Bauer

Michelle Bauer November 13, 2017

Take some time each day this week to thank God for the ways he is cleansing you.

The Tyranny Of Tweaking by Carolyn Moore

Carolyn Moore November 9, 2017

Funny, the things we can learn from friends who do drugs. In the world of meth users, tweaking is a thing. That’s the term users use for the frantic and compulsive behaviors that tend to surface when you’re strung out on meth. Tweaking is obsession with an activity — any activity — like cleaning or searching through drawers or picking

Praying Globally with Gratitude by Kim Reisman

Kim Reisman November 8, 2017

As we enter a season of offering thanks in the United States, consider what proportion of your prayers express gratitude.

Transformative Mission by Edgar Bazan

Edgar Bazan November 8, 2017

The church has always been challenged in maintaining an effective and healthy witness of the faith beyond the walls of its buildings. Every revival throughout the history of the church was started because the fellowship of believers was awakened by the Spirit to witness to their faith in public settings. This movement from the private (or inward) faith behavior to an intentional engagement

Three Truths from All Saints’ Day and the Church Universal by Kim Reisman

Kim Reisman November 6, 2017

When we participate together in worship, we not only allow God to form and shape our hearts, we allow other Christians to serve as channels of God’s grace in our lives.

Leaders in the Bible (Who Happened to Be Women) by Suzanne Nicholson

Suzanne Nicholson November 6, 2017

The bravery, chutzpah, faithfulness, love, and kindness of these women remind us that leadership in the kingdom of God comes in many forms, if only we have eyes to see.

Connecting Local Congregations to Global Missions by Janine Roberts

janineroberts November 1, 2017

We serve because God calls us through his Word to participate in his mission of reaching out and loving people from every nation and culture.

Three Things I Learned about Evangelism in the Eternal City by Kim Reisman

Kim Reisman October 30, 2017

My experience in the Eternal City taught me three important things about evangelism.

Want To Know More About John Wesley? by Andrew Thompson

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 me to recommend a biography on John Wesley, and I didn’t know what to suggest. Wondering if you could suggest something? That’s not an infrequent request to get for a seminary professor who teaches Methodist history. When I get an

How We Die by Elizabeth Glass Turner

elizabeth.turner January 29, 2014

I was thirty-two years old when a woman took my advice on how to die. Sitting in her low living room banked with windows that overlooked butterfly-laden bushes, I watched her shallow breaths. She had lost strength and energy: her frame seemed diminished, as if her soul were clinging to her body by mere tendrils. While disease sapped her vitality,

A New Way Of Counting by Matt Sigler

Matthew Sigler January 27, 2014

The weight of Christian worship history testifies that the Sunday service is primarily a gathering of, and for, the faithful. This is not to say that we shouldn’t consider how our worship services can best speak in the language of our local contexts. It isn’t to say that we shouldn’t consider if our gatherings are marked with radical hospitality and

A Song For Every Day by Ellsworth Kalas

Ellsworth Kalas January 20, 2014

Wesley knew how to be abased and how to abound. He intended, as did his brother John, to live all of life under God’s hand, whatever the circumstances of any given day.

Christianity With a Wesleyan Accent: Wesleyan Spirit by Kevin Watson

Kevin Watson January 15, 2014

Though it may seem to be the most difficult to define of the three, Wesley insists on including spirit with doctrine and discipline because right doctrine (belief) and right discipline (practice) are not enough in themselves.

The Logic Of Holiness by Andrew Thompson

Andrew Thompson January 8, 2014

There is a phrase in Wesleyan theology that holds the key to understanding most everything about present salvation. The phrase is “holiness of heart and life.” This is one of those terms that seems simple at first glance and yet is packed with meaning on multiple levels. It’s also a term worth exploring, and I want to explore it here.

“Stay In Love With God”: Accuracy And Adequacy by Ken Loyer

Ken Loyer January 6, 2014

I have heard numerous people in various ecclesial and academic contexts use this reformulation as if it were the direct equivalent of the original. What I have not heard, however, is much in the way of critical reflection upon such usage. “Stay in love with God” is perhaps easier to say (and memorize) and sounds more modern than the rather

Growing Deeply by Bill McAlilly

bill.mcalilly January 4, 2014

For six years I lived among live oak trees on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In fact, weekly, I drove down Highway 90 between Bay St. Louis and Ocean Springs, Mississippi – the “beach road” as we natives call it, where there were hundreds if not thousands of live oak trees that are massive in

Wesleyans Sing In The New Year by Ellsworth Kalas

Ellsworth Kalas January 1, 2014

We Methodists don’t “believe” in backsliding, as some have accused us, but we’re honest enough to confess a fact when it stares us in the face, and we’re sensitive enough to our spiritual condition that we can tell the difference.

Grow In The New Year: Sitting On The Bottom Rung On The Ladder Of Sanctity by Maxie Dunnam

Maxie Dunnam December 30, 2013

We Christians are to “sit down on the bottom rung of the ladder of sanctity and yell for Jesus Christ.” When we do, he will come. He will come to nurture and change us.

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