- Apologetics Calmly Considered: A Wesleyan Vision of Truth, Formation, and Christian Witness
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… Read more: Apologetics Calmly Considered: A Wesleyan Vision of Truth, Formation, and Christian Witness - Awakening Hope in the Next Generation | David Thomas on Revival and the Asbury Outpouring
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,… Read more: Awakening Hope in the Next Generation | David Thomas on Revival and the Asbury Outpouring - Legislation Author Interview – Chappell Temple
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… Read more: Legislation Author Interview – Chappell Temple - Good News Revisited: Lifestyle Evangelism
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… Read more: Good News Revisited: Lifestyle Evangelism - What Do Methodists & Wesleyans Believe? An Introduction to the Movements ~ Jessica LaGrone
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,… Read more: What Do Methodists & Wesleyans Believe? An Introduction to the Movements ~ Jessica LaGrone - Structural Racism in the United Methodist Church?
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… Read more: Structural Racism in the United Methodist Church? - Make Life Sacred Again ~ David Watson
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… Read more: Make Life Sacred Again ~ David Watson - Are Global Methodists Confessional
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… Read more: Are Global Methodists Confessional - More Americans are now reading the Bible but fewer believe it’s 100% accurate: study
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… Read more: More Americans are now reading the Bible but fewer believe it’s 100% accurate: study - What do you do when your pastor embraces gender ideology?
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… Read more: What do you do when your pastor embraces gender ideology? - The Nicene Creed’s Description of the Church | Dr. Malcolm Yarnell and Dr. Chris Bounds
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… Read more: The Nicene Creed’s Description of the Church | Dr. Malcolm Yarnell and Dr. Chris Bounds - John Wesley and the Five Miracles of Healing
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… Read more: John Wesley and the Five Miracles of Healing - From Sin Management to Holy Living: Dallas Willard in Conversation with the Wesleys
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… Read more: From Sin Management to Holy Living: Dallas Willard in Conversation with the Wesleys - When You’ve Been Misunderstood
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… Read more: When You’ve Been Misunderstood - Spirit-Filled Methodism – Lesson 7 – English
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… Read more: Spirit-Filled Methodism – Lesson 7 – English - Mennonites, Methodists, and ‘The Poor in Spirit’
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… Read more: Mennonites, Methodists, and ‘The Poor in Spirit’ - A liberated Zimbabwe church after UMC splintering points to historic shift across Africa
The women cook for one another and help teach each other sewing. They don’t pay a cent for lodging or food. The ward for expecting mothers is the latest addition to the Old Mutare Mission, a nexus of United Methodist… Read more: A liberated Zimbabwe church after UMC splintering points to historic shift across Africa - Facing Spiritual Opposition in Ministry and What to Do about It
How do you know that this is happening? When this happens, what should you do? I want to answer these questions by sharing about my experience teaching the Church History One hybrid, which is the 8th in-person intensive I’ve taught… Read more: Facing Spiritual Opposition in Ministry and What to Do about It - The Doctrine of Emeth
It is a bit of a tall-tale, but some people religiously contend that C.S. Lewis was a “Christian Universalist.” Christian Universalism is a heretical doctrine that posits all will be saved in the end, even those in Hell. Some Christian… Read more: The Doctrine of Emeth - The John Wesley Institute Weekly Newsletter withDr. Ryan N. Danker
The word “love” is so prevalent in the writings of both John and Charles Wesley that it’s impossible to overlook. A scholar of hymnody once told me that he can spot a Charles Wesley hymn a mile away because it… Read more: The John Wesley Institute Weekly Newsletter withDr. Ryan N. Danker - Pennsylvania’s First Transgender Mayor is a Warning that Our Nation is Under Judgment
This man, born biologically male, now crossdressing and cosplaying as a woman, has claimed the mayoral seat in a Pennsylvania borough of 8,000, securing 64% of the vote against a Republican challenger. Pennsylvania’s first openly transgender mayor, they call him—a… Read more: Pennsylvania’s First Transgender Mayor is a Warning that Our Nation is Under Judgment - Across the Globe ~ GMC
- “A Glory and a Praise to the Name of Christ”
One of the annual tasks for every Methodist preacher is writing the pastor’s report for Church Conference. Some Methodist conferences prescribe the format, while others leave it up to the clergy to develop their own summation of the year just… Read more: “A Glory and a Praise to the Name of Christ” - Kill ’em all?
The culture of death continues apace. I recently listened to a shocking episode of the Breakpoint Podcast. It described how Colorado is following other “progressive” parts of the country, as well as Canada and parts of Western Europe, in advancing… Read more: Kill ’em all? - IS THIS ANY WAY TO CLOSE A CHURCH????????
The Church abruptly closed and not in a very nice way. The bishops of the Methodist Church or their conferences wield a lot of power and in some cases more than what the Catholic bishops can do. I suspect there’s… Read more: IS THIS ANY WAY TO CLOSE A CHURCH????????