Omnia Methodist Posts

In this episode of More to the Story, I welcome Dr. Matt O’Reilly (Lead Pastor of Christ Church in Birmingham, Alabama, and Director of Research at Wesley Biblical Seminary) for a timely conversation about the upcoming Global Methodist Church General Conference.

You aren’t especially likely to hear a lot about the doctrine of divine providence in Wesleyan circles. We tend to associate that sort of thing with the various expressions of the Reformed tradition. How does God govern his creation? How meticulous is his involvement? How do we understand human freedom in light of God’s providential […]

A month or so ago, Petey Bellini, one of our episcopal candidates, published an article on Firebrand Magazine called “Which Methodism?” In it, he highlights five current expressions of Methodism currently found in the Global Methodist Church. Here’s a link, if you want to read it: https://firebrandmag.com/articles/whi… Today, I am joined by Daniel Rickman, Adam […]

i Senior Minister Matt Tuggle addresses Highland Park United Methodist Church Aug. 16. (Screencap) Leaders of Highland Park Methodist Church have spent the last week expressing shock that the bishop of their United Methodist conference filed suit against them over changes made to their governing documents four years ago but only recently made public.

I’ve been using Jonathan Gibson’s Be Thou My Vision: A Liturgy for Daily Worship as my morning devotion each day. The book features prayers, readings, and catechisms from some of the giants of the Christian faith in a format that reminds me of The Book of Common Prayer. As someone who is easily distracted with a racing mind in […]

There is much excitement in that phrase: Come and see! One of my favorite pericopes comes from John’s Gospel. John the Baptizer points to Jesus and declares, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.” (John 1:29). After this moment, two of John’s disciples begin following Jesus. Jesus turns, sees […]

When we think about holiness, sanctification, and Scripture, it is helpful to begin with the whole story of Scripture. We often summarize that story in four movements: creation, fall, redemption, and restoration. Keeping the whole story in mind is important for recognizing where holiness fits within it.

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 a formative practice ordered toward […]

John Wesley once asked a simple but powerful question: “What may we reasonably believe to be God’s design in raising up the people called Methodists?” The answer shaped a movement that continues to impact lives around the world today. Join us for “Methodist Roots,” a seven-week teaching series from the Assembly of Bishops that explores […]

In this clip, Jason Vickers and I consider the everyday example of road rage in order to explore a much bigger question: How should Christians think about demonic influence and human responsibility? If the devil or demonic forces can tempt, influence, or provoke us, does that lessen our responsibility for how we respond? Drawing on […]

Pastor and author Adam Hamilton, who’s running for the U.S. Senate to represent Kansas as a Democrat, says he’s reaching out to conservative Evangelical voters, many of whom he says are pledging their support.

John Wesley has always created debate. During his lifetime, the number of debates that he either instigated, jumped into, or caused would be an article, or a book, all its own. These controversies only continued after his death in 1791, even as many Methodists with their commemorative Staffordshire Wesley busts, Wedgwood Wesley teapots, and numerous […]

The Global Methodist Church is one of the fastest-growing movements in contemporary Christianity. But where did it come from, what does it believe, and why are so many churches and Christians joining it? In this conversation, I sit down with Ryan Barnett to explore the remarkable story behind the Global Methodist Church, its commitment to […]

The United Methodist Church’s Horizon Texas Conference is suing Highland Park United Methodist Church—claiming the Dallas megachurch improperly moved to end oversight by the denomination and its own congregants.

Christianity Today just published a report after an investigation into the ever-popular charismatic Bible “translation”—if you even want to call it that—called The Passion Translation (TPT). TPT was a project founded in 2008 by Brian Simmons, a man who claimed to have special access to God and received special insight from Christ Himself.