I have been seriously pondering John Wesley’s doctrine of Christian perfection for several years. Have we his heirs advanced or retreated in our understanding of Methodism’s “grand depositum” as he put it? I don’t know. We certainly don’t like the
I have been seriously pondering John Wesley’s doctrine of Christian perfection for several years. Have we his heirs advanced or retreated in our understanding of Methodism’s “grand depositum” as he put it? I don’t know. We certainly don’t like the
Reading John Wesley’s Sermon (actually, it’s Charles’, I recently learned) , “The Cause and Cure of Earthquakes,” reminds me again of how societies’ assumptions can change. The title alone strikes today’s reader as quaint, to say the least. An earthquake
Among the requisite qualities for my new job as SMU Chaplain, I find these three: (1) passionate commitment to Christ, (2) strong United Methodist identity and (3) openness to people of other faiths. The third point is particularly important because
Not far from where I live is a nationwide (I think) drive-in, no appointment necessary, oil-change business. I regularly drive and jog by this place and have even succumbed to having my vehicle serviced there, on desperate occasions. Every
I’m helping to teach a class that affords me opportunity to interact with college students about spirituality. In such venues two sets of questions alway arise. I’m thinking about the unhelpful ways we in the ministry often answer them I