Often, it is so easy to get tangled up in the logistics of a short term mission trip that we tend to forget about the mental and spiritual preparation necessary for the endeavor. Today, The Mission Society shares 5 helpful tips in preparing to go serve.
In 2015, the month of fasting for Muslims known as Ramadan begins today. What is a helpful posture to take toward our Muslims neighbors? Learn about this and more in this Seven Minute Seminary with Matthew Friedman.
The shift from inward versus outward focus to existing for Christ can be summed up in one word: love. Chris Dunagan shares insight into defeating a prevalent false dichotomy that is fracturing the church and reintegrating into wholeness in Christ.
Jesus’ death and resurrection achieves God’s ultimate victory over sin, brokenness, and injustice and opens an abundant future for all who trust in him. It also provides a grand reversal—the church, now as Israel, is supposed to “Go” out to all the nations. Read more from Brian Russell.
What happens to those who have never heard the gospel? In today’s article, Brian Shelton, a new expert on the scriptural basis for prevenient grace, explores how this Wesleyan theological theme might make a difference in the destiny of the unevangelized.
Happy birthday, Henry Class Morrison! Morrison was a Methodist evangelist, editor, and president of Asbury College and founder of Asbury Theological Seminary. In today’s post read a biographical sketch of his “pentecostal” experience, then download the autobiographical account itself, for free.
Harold John Ockenga may not be a household name today, but he was a key player in the mid-twentieth century neo-evangelical movement most famously personified by his friend Billy Graham. Read more about Ockenga and his Methodist ties in this piece by John A. Murdock.
Listen in as Andy Miller shares about an obscure 19th century Methodist prophet whose passion for holiness sprang from the pages of this powerful text. William Arthur was a man who worked to turn the tide of the slowly declining Methodist movement into a “form of religion without the power,” as John Wesley feared it would.
How does evangelism relate to discipleship? In today’s Seven Minute Seminary, Dr. Andrew C. Thompson explains that Christian evangelism goes beyond proclamation and should be understood as a rite of initiation and entering into the means of grace.
We’re accustomed to hearing both about the mission and the identity of God’s church; the empowerment for mission and for holiness by the Holy Spirit. What if both aspects are inseparable parts of Christian vocation? Chris Green suggests a way to think about Spirit baptism with biblical integrity and in a way that does justice to Christ’s example.
God’s mission moves forward by his grace. God makes and keeps promises. God overcomes broken family relationships, ill intentions, and even human infertility to advance the family through whom the nations will be blessed. Read more from Brian Russell on today’s article.
What should evangelism look like in the 21s century? In this Seven Minute Seminary video, Dr. Kimberly Reisman explains that though evangelism is always contextual, it can and should be defined by our posture before others. She proposes the posture of embrace and explains how this relates to God’s work in evangelism.
