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One month to the day, on October 13, after Pope Benedict XVI’s Regensburg University lecture of September 13, 2006, 38 Islamic authorities and scholars representing a wide range of schools of thought joined together t…
Feb/01/2009
Is Christian apologetics a defensive activity? A few years ago I helped to update J. Young’s classic Christian paperback The Case against Christ (Hodder, 2006) where we responded to attacks upon the Christian faith like those from Richard D…
Feb/01/2009
John Wesley was not the first theologian to speak of prevenient grace, but he did make it a central component of his theology and put it to some distinctively Protestant uses. In the process, his understanding of prevenient grace enabled hi…
Feb/01/2009
What constitutes our bonds as a church? Is it a truth heard and received in contemplation or an assertion of will, a purely voluntary commitment? I think it should now be relatively uncontroversial that the latter option—the assertion of wi…
Nov/01/2008
Spiritual development is of critical importance to those active in theological education. Church leaders will face a variety of challenges as they seek to promote Christian discipleship in a culture inundated with so many competing ideologi…
Nov/01/2008
One of the most longstanding debates in the history of theology concerns the relationship between predestination and human freedom. On one side of this dispute, the most famous name is John Calvin, and on the other the most noted name is pr…
Nov/01/2008
John Wesley has been recognized by many as a theologian who holds together ideas that others have treated as mutually exclusive. Whether it is faith vs. works, reason vs. experience, instantaneous conversion vs. gradual nurture, Wesley give…
Nov/01/2008
It should be of little surprise that those of us from the Wesleyan theological tradition sometimes ask questions about Scripture and its authority. After all, John Wesley described himself as a “man of one book.” Throughout his writings, it…
Apr/01/2008
Oliver O’Donovan has made substantial contributions to the field of Christian moral theology. His work, however, is not confined to the academy; indeed, it informs the church’s mission and ministry. This brief essay cannot do justice to eit…
Apr/01/2008
In the eighteenth century awakening John and Charles Wesley’s evangelical Arminianism was a distinctive alternative to the Calvinist mainstream. Though they faithfully and fervently preached the gospel to everyone, most Calvinists assumed t…
Apr/01/2008
Singing the Ethos of God is a meditation on an interconnected set of problems modern western Christians encounter when trying to bring Scripture to bear on the moral questions of the day. My sense that such a book needed to be written cryst…
Mar/01/2008
Over the last 30 years the world of Pauline theology has experienced a powerful seismic shock, followed by tectonic shift in how scholars read and articulate the basic thrust of the apostle Paul’s message. Though the ominous rumblings of th…
Mar/01/2008
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A Foundation for Theological Education (AFTE) John Wesley Fellowships have been awarded to three doctoral stud…
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Twenty John Wesley Fellows, spouses, and friends were able to experience a trip of a lifetime. The travel itin…
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