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In “Thoughts Upon Methodism,” John Wesley remarks:
I am not afraid that the people called Methodists should ever cease to exist in either Europe or America. But I am afraid lest they should only exist as a dead sect, having the form of rel…
Feb/01/2012
A gap in the theological library of preachers and teachers of the Bible has begun to be filled in the last two decades, after nearly two centuries of neglect. A peculiarity of the modern biblical commentary—in its historical-critical and pi…
Nov/01/2011
How did John Wesley read the Bible? The best-known passage where he answers this question is in the preface (§5) to the first volume of his Sermons, which begins:
I want to know one thing, the way to heaven—how to land safe on that happy s…
Nov/01/2011
The deplorable, miserable conditions which I recently observed when visiting the parishes have constrained and pressed me to put this catechism of Christian doctrine into this brief, plain, and simple form. How pitiable, so help me God, wer…
Nov/01/2011
Less than a year before his death, John Wesley called Christian perfection “the grand depositum which God has lodged with the people called Methodists; and for the sake of propagating this chiefly He appears to have raised us up” (“Letter t…
Nov/01/2011
Bidding farewell to worshippers as they dispersed for another week, the pastor returned to her study, closed the door, opened her mind, and heard that it was said: Blessed are you who yoke research with prayer, to harness your sermon’s prep…
Apr/01/2011
Scholars differ in their understanding of worldview. They do not differ in their agreement that worldview is—that is, it exists. Naturalists and biologists, psychologists, anthropologists and sociologists, and philosophers and theologians a…
Apr/01/2011
Since the beginning of Christian theology, the work of theologians has engaged the best philosophical thinking of the day. It is simply not possible to understand well the theology of early Christianity without knowing the philosophical bac…
Apr/01/2011
When written together on one scroll—as they have been since at least the Hellenistic period—the Book of the Twelve minor prophets is of similar length and scope to the other latter prophets collections (Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel). Altho…
Apr/01/2011
One of the “drivers” of congregational vitality identified by the Call to Action Steering Team of The United Methodist Church was small groups (including programs for children and youth). Although Wesley did have some thoughts on ministry t…
Apr/01/2011
For Psalms, first mention should be made of the substantial three-volume commentary by J. Goldingay in the Baker Commentary on the Old Testament Wisdom and Psalms (BCOTWP; Baker, 2006/2007/2008), part of an excellent new commentary series. …
Mar/01/2011
How does the OT present God, humanity, and the world? In a nutshell, that question provides the focus of OT theology. For the most part, interpreters have tried to answer this question in one of three ways: (1) by naming a single theme as t…
Mar/01/2011
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