Spirit, Self-Trancendance, Community

17734546The Spirit of God lifts us beyond ourselves. And, this is the basis of community. Read More...
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The Neglect of Private Prayer

jwesley-48rcblue“Without this, all the other means which they enjoyed could profit them nothing.” Read More...
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Qualifications for Leadership

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United Methodist Insight

WelcomeUMInsightAn informational project for those interested in the United Methodist Church and issues facing the United Methodist General Conference. Read More...
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Desire for God

Wesley Study BibleWords of wisdom from The Wesley Study Bible. Read More...
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A Prayer of Blessing

blessing-prayerReflections and a Prayer on Psalm 106: 4, 5. Read More...
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Holding the World Together

John-of-the-Ladder-245x300A wonderful quote on prayer, from St. John Climacus (ca. 579-649). Read More...
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From Around the Web 3-25-12

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Homosexuality: Why Perceptions are Changing

riley-caseAs Riley Case says: “Another General Conference coming up for United Methodists and another showdown over the Bible, the tradition of the Church, and the practice of homosexuality.” Read More...
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Toward a Theology of Levity

AQUINASThomas Aquinas on the value of humor. Read More...
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Melchizedek

Meeting_of_abraham_and_melchizadekPlowing through all the nonsense that has been written about the figure of Melchizedek in the book of Hebrews. Read More...
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The Path of Moral Progress

ch_doddA quote from C. H. Dodd on the theology of the apostle Paul — and sanctification by faith. Read More...
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From Around the Web

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Keeping Justice & Righteousness

Hebrew-MSS_4Reflections and a Prayer on Psalm 106:3. Read More...
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"Rapture" Theology

clouds-jesusThere are certain common features of conservative Christian teaching about the return of Christ which have little or no backing from the Scriptures. Read More...
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The Essence of Prayer

prayer4An excerpt from an old book on prayer. Read More...
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Faith is Not a Work

102121463A quotation from a book by Jerry L. Walls and Joseph R. Dongell. Read More...
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“Unite the pair so long disjoined"

charles_wesley02A few lines from good, old Charles Wesley, found at a newly reborn blog. Read More...
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The Predicament of Reading Clayton & Knapp

Predicament_bookI’ve just started reading The Predicament of Belief by Philip Clayton & Steven Knapp. It’s a good book which I might, very well, have ignored. Read More...
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Are Natural Disasters the Will of God?

Lawson_Stone_300x300In the wake of the recent deviating storms, several Asbury Theological Seminary professors were asked this question: "Are natural disasters the will of God?" Read More...
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A Testimony to God's Grace

Cross_w_mtsI know that my perspective is shaped by the experiences I’ve been through. Read More...
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A Wesleyan Perspective on Human Sexuality

gendersIs there something distinctive about Wesleyan teaching that can give Christians guidance as we think about human sexuality? I think there is. Read More...
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The Way of Blessedness

Hebrew-MS-PsalmsReflections and a Prayer on Psalm 1:1-3. Read More...
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Some Sites & Blogs that are worth a look:

A Peculiar Prophet (Bishop William H. Willimon)
Accountable Discipleship (Steven Manskar)
Allan R. Bevere
Ancient Hebrew Poetry (John Hobbins)
Asbury Seedbed
Ben Witherington on Bible and Culture
Black, White and Gray (Sociology & Christianity)
Carl McColman
Cheese-Wearing Theology (Amanda MacInnis)
Christus Victor Ministries blog (Greg Boyd)
Covered in the Master's Dust (Ben Gosden)
Covenant of Love (Derek Ouellette)
Crumbs from the Communion Table (Justin Lee)
Dr. Platypus (Darrell Pursiful)
Euangelion (Michael Bird & Joel Willitts)
Everyday Theology (Marc Cortez)
Faith Improvised (Tim Gombis)
For the Love of Wisdom & the Wisdom of Love (Thomas Jay Oord)
Gentle Wisdom (Peter Kirk)
Gloria Deo: Wesleyan-glican Ramblings (Daniel McLain Hixon)
God’s Politics (Jim Wallis & friends)
Holloway Rev (Paul Weary)
Incarnatio (Matt O'Reilly)
Inhabitatio Dei (Halden Doerge)
Internet Monk
(Ir)regular Christian (Casey Taylor)
James-Michael Smith
James Pedlar
Jeff K. Clarke
Jonathan Martin
Jesus Creed (Scot McKnight)
John Meunier’s Blog
Lisa Colón DeLay
Lakeside Reflections (Mark Payne)
Mercy, not Sacrifice (Morgan Guyton)
MethoBlog
McIlweb (Keith McIlwain)
Ministry Matters
Nijay K. Gupta
Notes from a Small Place (Jake Meador)
Oboedire (Steve Harper)
Of Dust and Kings (T. E. Hanna)
of Paper, Pints and Tweed (Mason Slater)
Pam BG's Blog (Pam Garrud)
Participatory Bible Study Blog (Henry E. Neufield)
Peter Enns
Pisteuomen (T. Michael W. Halcomb)
Professor Obvious (Jason A. Staples)
The Pulpiteer (Andy Croel)
Purging my soul…one blog at a time (Sam Nunnally)
Quadrilateral Thoughts (Ken Schenck)
Rankin File (Steve Rankin)
Rachel Held Evans
Randal Rauser
Real Meal Ministries (Brian D. Russell)
Reasonable Faith (William Lane Craig)
Reformed and Always Reforming (Randy Boswell)
Reformedish (Derek Rishmawy)
Roger E. Olson
The Ivy Bush (Jonathan Marlowe)
Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars (Brian MacArevey)
Society of Evangelical Arminians
Storied Theology (J. R. Daniel Kirk)
Steele's Answers
Teddy Ray: Theology, Ministry and Life with God
the episcopalian (William Birch)
The New Methofesto (Wes Magruder)
The Pangea Blog (Kurt Willems)
The Plow Boy (Lawrence Garcia)
The Search for Integrity (Bob Buehler)
The Unfiltered Wesleyan (Matthew Johnson)
Threads from Henry’s Web (Henry E. Neufeld)
The Blog Chooses the Blogger (Will Grady)
Theological Graffitti (T. C. Moore)
Theologician (Kyle Blanchette)
Unsettled Christianity (Joel E. Watts)
United Methodeviations (Dan R. Dick)
United Methodist Insight (Cynthia B. Astle)
Vital Piety (Kevin Watson)
Walking in the Wilderness (Pat Schwebes Dunbar)
Wesleyan Arminian (Kevin Jackson)
Wesleyan Leadership (Steven Manskar)
Wesleyan Sermons (audio)
W. David Phillips
Writing in the Dust (Wesley Hill)