Omnia Methodist Posts

by Rev. Todd A. Christine / What has too often been separated—truth and holiness, knowledge and life—must once again be held together in the witness of the Church. Apologetics Calmly Considered: A Wesleyan Vision of Truth, Formation, and Christian Witness argues that Christian apologetics should be understood not only as the defense of doctrine, but as […]

Asbury Theological Seminary / Dr. David Watson and Dr. Jessica LaGrone welcome David Thomas, leader with Seedbed Publishing and New Room Conference, board member of Alpha International, and a leader in The Awakening Project, for a powerful conversation on revival, awakening, prayer, and the future of the Church.

PlainSpoken with Jeffrey Rickman / Why it is that he and so many others are of the mind that the Articles of Religion needs to be updated and amended, what it is that his draft offers in distinction to the Commission on Discipleship, Doctrine, & Just Ministry, and what theological distinctives need to be compulsory […]

By Thomas Lambrecht This article first appeared in the August 2021 edition of Good News. ​​​​As a declining denomination in the midst of cultural headwinds becoming increasingly hostile to Christianity, we wonder how to be a growing, vital church. Although I have served as a pastor and have been a member of growing congregations at […]

Wesleyanism is a vibrant movement of Christianity that traces its roots to the eighteenth-century ministry of two brothers, John and Charles Wesley. Emerging initially as a renewal movement within the Church of England, it sought to restore what its founder, John Wesley, called primitive Christianity: the purity, passion, and zeal of the early church. Today, […]

African United Methodists, largely represented by United Methodist Africa Initiative until 2021, became the majority in the denomination the same year that the United Methodist Church (UMC) at the 2024 General Conference removed a 52-year-old clause declaring “the practice of homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching.” As of 2024, the UMC had 4 million members […]

In recent years, Carl Trueman has emerged as one of the most significant voices in the Christian world. The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution (Crossway, 2020) is a masterful history of what can rightly be called the “identity revolution.” The authority we commonly […]

What role do doctrinal standards actually play in the life of the church? In this new episode of the Theology Project Podcast, I sit down with Dr. Joel Chopp to discuss the proposed Articles of Faith before the Global Methodist Church’s upcoming General Conference. We explore questions like: -What are doctrinal standards? -Who are they […]

With Millennials and Generation Z leading the way, particularly among men, Bible reading among U.S. adults in 2025 is at its highest level in the last 15 years, according to new data from the “State of the Church” initiative. The initiative by Barna Group and Gloo collected data from 12,116 online interviews conducted between January […]

Seeing local news coverage of a church picnic usually wouldn’t raise an eyebrow. But this one caught my attention — it was hosted by a pastor I’d once known well, and the event was promoted as a “celebration of love and inclusion” for those who had attended the town’s pride parade.

Last May, Dr. Malcolm Yarnell (Southern Baptist), and Dr. Chris Bounds (Methodist) spoke about the Nicene Creed’s description of the Church at a dialogue in Shepherdsville, KY. The event celebrated 1700 years of the Nicene Creed and included alongside the abovementioned speakers, Pr. Tom Elbert (Lutheran), and Pr. Joseph Spurgeon (Presbyterian).

I first heard about “the five miracles of healing” when I was a student at Asbury Theological Seminary in the early 1970’s. Growing out of a profound experience of healing in his own life, Dr. Frank Stanger, who was the seminary president at the time, had a passionate interest in healing and taught a course […]

One of the books through which God spoke to me as I was coming out of fundamentalism was Dallas Willard’s classic, The Divine Conspiracy. The work remains as relevant as ever, though it was not an easy read for me as a college freshman. Willard’s classic of Christian discipleship is a long and at places […]

Few things sting more deeply than being misunderstood—especially in ministry. A comment taken out of context, a rumor whispered in the hallway, or an assumption made without truth can wound the heart of even the strongest servant of God. Pastors live in glass houses, and every word, decision, and expression is subject to interpretation.

In Lesson 7 of Spirit-Filled Methodism, Bishop Gregory points us to the heart of our mission: sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ. Evangelism is not about human persuasion but about Spirit-empowered witness. Jesus promised His disciples, “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses… […]

When I was four years old my Mother, who grew up Mennonite but became Methodist by marriage, shipped me to Berne, Indiana, to live with my aunt so I could attend a Mennonite bible school. Certain that I would not get a proper Christian education in our county-seat Methodist church, my mother determined that I […]