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Councils, Creeds, Canon: Sifting and Parting the Waters
In the first millennium after Christ’s ascension, the Jesus movement flowed west, east, and south from Jerusalem to the edges of the known world. But keeping the Church both Christian and undivided across so many miles, cultures, and generations proved daunting.
Enlightenment, Methodism, and the Wellspring of the Modern World: Floodgates & Waterworks
The Protestant Reformation, the Scientific Revolution, and the Age of Discovery were a potent, generative combination from which both the Enlightenment and Methodism were born.
From Genesis to the Exile: Headwaters of Church History
If we want to understand and articulate our present-day current in the river of Christian faith, we must get properly oriented toward our earliest origins: creation and covenant.
Hermeneutics: The Wesleyan Quadrilateral
When we talk about theology, we tend to avoid talking about HOW we come to our theology. The Wesleyan Quadrilateral is an honest description of how every Christian uses scripture, tradition, experience, and reason to understand God.
Introduction to Theology
Theology is the process of asking questions about God. Questions like, “Why do I exist?” and “What happens when I die?” Every person who has considered that there might be more than what they can see has engaged in thinking about theology.
Our Current: The Wesleyan Holiness Stream of Christianity
We practice faith within a particular stream of historical, theological, and cultural Christianity, which forms who we are, what we do, and how we do it. While there are various currents of expression within our broader stream, here are distinctions we share.
Salvation: The Christian Journey
Methodists reject magical notions of metaphysical action > reaction when we talk about salvation, and instead focus on a relationship with Christ that culminates in a journey worth living. Is that how you describe your own journey with God?
The Book of Discipline: The Hows of Free Methodism
Get to know the Book of Discipline: the NFL Rulebook for Free Methodists, but with less frequent and/or preposterous revisions.
The Early Church: Living Water from Judea to the World
Into the story of creation and covenant came a prophet, teacher, and healer who invited and empowered people to experience God’s life in and through him.
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