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March 2020

March 30, 2020

Zen and God’s Grace

One consistent part of my spiritual journey for the past twenty years has been my...

January 2019

January 09, 2019

Why Does Holiness Matter?

Holiness is one of the most important and controversial aspects of John Wesley's 300 year...

October 2018

October 31, 2018

Can Wesleyanism Evolve Or Does It Belong To The 18th Century?

The continuous meta-debate within the United Methodist debate is to ask: what are we really...

May 2017

May 24, 2017

When my heart was “strangely warmed”

On May 24th, 1738, John Wesley attended a Moravian church gathering on Aldersgate Street in...

August 2016

August 18, 2016

Can the gospel be orthodox and inclusive?

One of the tragedies of our civil war in United Methodism has been the bifurcation...

July 2016

July 16, 2016

Could a queer bishop restore Wesleyan holiness to the United Methodist Church?

Last night, the Western Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church elected our first openly-queer bishop,...

May 2016

May 11, 2016

The contempt for the heart in United Methodism

It's odd that a movement founded when John Wesley "felt [his] heart strangely warmed" has...

May 23, 2014

Let them go in peace and start over from scratch like Wesley did

The United Methodist blogosphere has been fired up after a recent announcement that 80 prominent...

April 2014

April 24, 2014

Social holiness is about way more than sex

Fellow Methodist pastor Evan Rohrs-Dodge wrote a very legitimate post recently pointing out the distinction...

July 2013

July 26, 2013

Total providence or total depravity? (John Cassian as a remedy for Augustinian nihilism)

In a recent post, John Meunier writes, "You cannot speak intelligently about Wesleyan theology if...

May 2013

May 15, 2013

In defense of the “so-called” Wesleyan quadrilateral and the experiential breath of God

The latest theater in the Methodist proxy war over homosexuality has involved attacks here and...

May 14, 2013

The context of “going on to perfection” (Hebrews 6:1-3)

I came across the Biblical context of the Wesleyan doctrine of Christian perfection in yesterday's...

April 2013

April 02, 2013

Fleeing the wrath to come vs. hearing the voice of love

A few months ago, a friend wrote a blog asking whether the teachings of Henri...

February 2013

February 07, 2013

Is Jesus saving the world from us?

Is Jesus saving the world from us? It's a different way to talk about salvation,...

January 2013

January 30, 2013

“I give God 10%. Why do you get 18?” (with a response from John Wesley)

You know the stereotype about the cheapskate Sunday lunch church crowd who shortchange servers on...

January 27, 2013

God’s grace in 4 stick figure drawings

We had the first session of our new member class today. During the first class,...

January 27, 2013

God's grace in 4 stick figure drawings

We had the first session of our new member class today. During the first class,...

January 04, 2013

Poor, blind, & dead: Jeff Dunn's "purpose-driven life"

On the same day that Jon Acuff wrote a self-affirmation about his success as a...

December 2012

December 21, 2012

Isaiah 10 and the fiscal cliff

When I read something in the Bible and I think I shouldn't say anything about...

August 2012

August 31, 2012

God built it; we didn’t

I used to build enormous towers out of blocks when I was four years old....

June 2012

June 24, 2012

Why can’t communion be our altar call?

I wonder how many Biblical literalists take John 6:53 literally. In it, Jesus says, "Unless...

January 2012

January 25, 2012

Is Mark Driscoll closer to John Wesley than we are?

The latest blogosphere controversy involving Mark Driscoll concerns the church discipline practices at his church...

December 2011

December 19, 2011

Occupy the manger #7: Mary’s uncomfortable prophecy

As our call to worship this Sunday in church, we read Mary's Magnificat, a prophetic...

November 2011

November 19, 2011

When is revolution appropriate?

I've been watching the news reports of the Occupy protests this past week wondering how...

October 2011

October 10, 2011

“If you’re not rich, blame yourself” (Herman Cain vs. John Wesley)

"If you don't have a job and you're not rich, blame yourself." Thus says Herman...

October 10, 2011

"If you're not rich, blame yourself" (Herman Cain vs. John Wesley)

"If you don't have a job and you're not rich, blame yourself." Thus says Herman...

September 2011

September 07, 2011

What I wish Miroslav Volf had answered in A Public Faith

I had been waiting all summer for the release date of Miroslav Volf's latest book,...

July 2011

July 12, 2011

Purity is more than sex: Monster-Psalm Meditation # 2

Psalm 119:9-16 How can young people keep their way pure? By guarding it according to...

May 2011

May 20, 2011

God's holiness and hospitality

There's been a lot of conversation in the Christian blogosphere recently about how God's holiness...

May 20, 2011

God’s holiness and hospitality

There's been a lot of conversation in the Christian blogosphere recently about how God's holiness...