In this episode, each of our three hosts share their own opinion of the best books for Wesleyans. They run the gamut from modern books to foundational documents for the Wesleyan movement. Discussion then shifts to modern contemporary worship music and — on a tangent — 2014 movies.
The Threshing Floor podcast is terribly excited to jump into 2014. Our first full episode with Seedbed centers around a conversation about why the hosts are Wesleyan. All three grew up outside of, but influenced by, a Wesleyan theological framework. We found out almost all of our reasons center around worship, experience, holiness and grace.
If the scandal used to be that slavery and religion could co-exist, today it is that holiness could be conceived of by some as something other than social. Today we remember those prophets like Martin Luther King Jr. who called God’s people to be holy as he is holy, and today we press on in full faith that God will do it.
When thinking of the Wesleyan understanding of God’s love, keep in mind both ways of describing grace. Mercy is the love of God toward the individual. It forgives, embraces, and accepts. Power is the love of God within the individual. It transforms and makes new.
Can we be holy? In this Seven Minute Seminary, Dr. John Oswalt addresses the claim by many that we are only viewed holy and righteous through Jesus Christ.
Birthdays and anniversaries open opportunities to revisit big ideas and founding purposes. As Seedbed turns two we want to rehearse a bit of that with you, our friends, in this journey of sowing extravagantly for a great awakening.
When asked about the church I belong to, I like to say that we are the theological heirs of a man named John Wesley. He experienced God as holy love that expelled sin, enabling him to be restored in the likeness of Jesus.
Christian transformation: a goal oft-mentioned, yet little understood and maybe even less experienced. However scholars interpret the significance of John Wesley’s Aldersgate moment, most folk in the Wesleyan family have heard the story and recognize it as an example of the powerful change that Christ can effect in us.
One day I asked the noted John Wesley scholar, Ken Collins, how he would concisely summarize the Wesleyan theological vision. He said, “I can do it in two words: Holy Love.” John Wesley gave us Sola Sanctus Caritas.
In the class meeting, people learn how to interpret their lives through the lens of the gospel. They learn how to speak of God’s present work and presence in their lives. Is there anything that would be more exciting or fulfilling to be a part of than seeing and hearing people learn to recognize and respond to God’s love for them?
The Sermons of John Wesley: A Collection for the Christian Journey is quite possibly the best compilation of Wesley sermons to date. Yes I know, that’s a rather grand claim, and I’ve been hesitant to
Editor’s note: while this is a presentation against Calvinism, we do embrace Calvinism as one rich stream in the wide tradition of historic Christian orthodoxy. We publish this because working through the reasons we don’t
