Seeing Life from God’s Horizon
Those who no longer participate in the pleasures of this world may suffer for that choice, but God will vindicate them.
Christians: Resist the Adversary
Christians have a powerful adversary, the devil. But he can be resisted, and God’s promises are trustworthy.
Our Grief Is Wrapped in Hope
Future bodily resurrection transforms grief from despair to hope.
Why Christians Worship God
Worship cuts off the process of idolatry and allows us to turn back to our good Creator.
Discipleship Bands: Travel Companions for Your Most Important Journey
We need people in our lives to journey with us in order that we may “watch over one another in love” between our Sundays and other times of worship.
Discipleship Bands: Confession Breaks the Power of Sin
John Wesley often said that he instituted bands among the people called Methodist in order to create a setting where James 5:16 could be practiced and lived out.
Longing for Real Life by the Power of the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit reverses the curse of entropy, of chaos. He renews to counterbalance the fallen state of this world that is headed for destruction.
Learning to Think Like the Holy Spirit
The more you turn to the Holy Spirit, the more you develop a secure, ridiculous, and joyful hope that everything is possible.
Salvation and Community (Introduction to Band Meetings)
Jesus connects the mission of the church, the reception of the Holy Spirit, and forgiveness. He makes forgiveness what the church, the community of disciples, does in the world.
Salvation in the Wesleyan Tradition (Introduction to Band Meetings)
Forgiveness is reconciliation, the beginning of intimacy with God. That relationship saves us, by degrees, to become the love that has saved us.