Dec 2013
Site Update
Tuesday/December/2013 10:46 Filed in: Site Update
As a new year begins, I find I am having to make changes to this web site. The site has grown, and I need to rearrange some files and switch to a new blogging system. Read More...Comments
John Wesley’s New Year
Tuesday/December/2013 09:27 Filed in: John Wesley
How John Wesley Spent the New Year in 1785.The Wesleyan Covenant Prayer
Monday/December/2013 19:14 Filed in: John Wesley
The Prayer from John Wesley's 1780 Covenant Service; the text and some links.For Those Who Leave the Professional Ministry
Saturday/December/2013 13:36 Filed in: Internet Links | Ministry
Some thoughts on a blog post by Jason Savage.Wesley: “Speak and Spare Not”
Friday/December/2013 14:52 Filed in: John Wesley
John Wesley said: “"Where Christian perfection is not strongly and explicitly preached, there is seldom any remarkable blessing from God….” Read More...The Real War for Christmas
Thursday/December/2013 10:32 Filed in: Internet Links | The Church Year
Some quotes from a post by Adam Erickson at the God’s Politics blog.Charles Wesley: Let earth and heaven combine….
Thursday/December/2013 07:52 Filed in: Quotations
The lyrics of a hymn by Charles Wesley.N. T. Wright: Power to Become Children
Tuesday/December/2013 07:24 Filed in: Theology | The Church Year
A brief quote from a sermon preached by N. T. Wright on Christmas Day, 2007.From Around the Internet
Saturday/December/2013 17:18 Filed in: Internet Links
A collections of links from around the Internet: Duck Dynasty, controversy and Christmas. Read More...What Is Prayer?
Monday/December/2013 07:10 Filed in: Prayer
The following reflections are aimed at developing a basic definition of prayer. In order to discuss prayer, we need to know what we are talking about. Read More...Nelson Mandela's Wesleyan Roots
Saturday/December/2013 06:03 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology | Methodism
“The Church was as concerned with this world as the next: I saw that virtually all of the achievements of Africans seemed to have come about through the missionary work of the Church.”Read More...
Misty Irons: The Failure of Ex-Gay Ministries
Friday/December/2013 14:12 Filed in: Sexuality Issues | Guest Blogs
Guest blog by Misty Irons. “To be clear, this is not a case of ex-gay ministries producing both the success stories and the not-so-successful stories…” Read More...Old St. Nick
Friday/December/2013 08:53 Filed in: Church History
Happy St. Nicholas Day! Here are some links to Information about the real St. Nicholas. Read More...Derek Ouellette: Christian Labels (and how to use them)
Thursday/December/2013 10:50 Filed in: Internet Links
On labels and how people (Christians particularly) label each other: is it a bad thing or a good thing — or both?Read More...
Rob Bell on How to Read the Bible
Wednesday/December/2013 10:56 Filed in: Internet Links | Bible
“I don’t read the Bible like a flat line.”Notes on Colossians 1:25, 26
Monday/December/2013 14:16 Filed in: Bible
In the passage before us, the apostle Paul talks about his own ministry. Ken Schenck: Common Denominator of Scripture
Guest blog by Ken Schenck, Dean of Wesley Seminary at Indiana Wesleyan University and Professor of New Testament and Christian Ministry. “What would a hermeneutic look like today that tried to recapture the "inerrancy" of the pre-modern era?” Read More...