Reflections and a Prayer on Psalms 25:13-15.Notes on Amos 7:7-17
Thursday/June/2013 19:08 Filed in: Bible
This is an interesting face-off. Here we have the representative of official state-sanctioned religion confronting a rough, working class prophet. Read More...Chad Brooks: Why I Became a Methodist
Thursday/June/2013 18:14 Filed in: Methodism | Guest Blogs
Guest blog by Chad Brooks: “As I often tell people, I feel like I was born Methodist. What I found was a family of faith who put better words to what I had felt and thought for years. I was a closet Methodist. I am part of this tradition now. I am a Methodist.” Read More...From Around the Internet
Wednesday/June/2013 12:31 Filed in: Internet Links
Some links from around the Internet: unlimited atonement, a charge to Seminary students, a possible renewal of interest in doctrine, unanswered prayer, and the morality of masturbation. Read More...Notes on Amos 7:1-6
Wednesday/June/2013 09:35 Filed in: Bible
Here we see the prophet at prayer. Most often, in the book of Amos, we hear the prophet's voice denouncing the nations and predicting their coming doom. Here we see him at prayer for the nation — pleading for them to be spared. Read More...Clarke's Advice to a Young Preacher
Thursday/May/2013 10:19 Filed in: Preaching
Advice from a letter by Adam Clarke to a young man contemplating the ministry — and why I think it’s good advice. Read More...Recent Posts on the United Methodist Quadrilateral
Since I just linked to some posts from a United Methodist blogger already this morning, I also want to draw attention to the recent controversy in the Methoblogosphere over the Wesleyan Quadrilateral. Read More...Daniel McLain Hixon Posts on Sexuality Issues
Thursday/May/2013 08:08 Filed in: Internet Links | Sexuality Issues
United Methodist blogger Daniel McLain Hixon has recently posted on sexuality issues and the United Methodist Church. Read More...Wesley: On Being Open to Correction
Tuesday/May/2013 15:02 Filed in: John Wesley
“But some may say, I have mistaken the way myself, although I take upon me to teach it to others…” Read More...This Blog's Summer Slump
Friday/May/2013 13:32 Filed in: Site Update
It is always hard for me to keep this blog going in the summer time. That is not a bad thing, really. Read More...Yes. Jesus Had Female Disciples
Friday/May/2013 11:33 Filed in: Bible
Some helpful remarks from John P. Meier’s book A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus (Volume 3: Companions and Competitors). Read More...S. D. Gordon: God's Power is Moral Power
Tuesday/May/2013 16:53 Filed in: Quotations
A quotation from an old book on prayer. Some Thoughts on Preaching
Monday/May/2013 09:01 Filed in: Preaching
I think most preaching is over-thought. The time and thought put into it is killing it. Read More...Hopeful Inclusivism (Some Quotes)
Thursday/May/2013 14:40 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology
Various quotes from theologians — new and old — supporting the view I call Hopeful Inclusivism. Read More...Wesley: Charity's Almighty Call
Thursday/May/2013 14:05 Filed in: John Wesley | Quotations
A brief quote from John Wesley. Meister Eckhart: Being, Not Doing
Wednesday/May/2013 16:55 Filed in: Quotations
“Do not think to found holiness upon doing; holiness must be founded upon being.” Read More...Bauckham on Christian Universalism
Tuesday/April/2013 18:47 Filed in: Internet Links | Theology
Some quotes from an article by Richard Bauckham on the history of Christian Universalism — and a link to the article itself. Read More...William Law: Prayer from the Heart
Tuesday/April/2013 15:56 Filed in: Prayer | Quotations
Another brief quote on prayer from William Law (1686-1761).Grace & the Unevangelized
Monday/April/2013 15:50 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology
While Wesleyan theology does not teach or imply Universal Salvation it does teach Universal Grace. The scope of grace is seen as being wider than it might be from some other points of view. Read More...Notes on Colossians 1:24
Friday/April/2013 11:49 Filed in: Bible | Colossians
"I am now rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am completing what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church." Read More...
