Find a Resource

Suffering is a central concern of 1 Peter in which the subject is addressed more often than any other of the NT writings. πασχω is used 12 times, which constitutes almost one-third of the uses of this...

There are many ways to perceive the Christian Church, and there are many models to guide our definitions of the church. No description provides an all-encompassing or perfect model, but nearly all...

Faithful Teaching Vol. 7:2. (January 2008) This edition offers an interesting array of articles addressing intersections between Wesleyan education and various contexts of ecclesial ministry in...

During the summer of 1991, Loma Linda University dismissed three faculty members including Dr. Stewart W. Shankel, chair of the Department of Medicine, for conduct that was against the policy of the...

While there is little doubt that ancient cultures resorted to physical punishment in the educational process in both home and school, there is some sign in the Wisdom Literature of at least the...

Didache Faithful Teaching volume 9:1 (Summer 2009). The edition offers a wide array of articles addressing the major themes of this journal, a compilation of new writings available to our readership...

If 20th century thought has taught us anything, it has taught us that language matters. One merely has to respond to the colloquial inquiry, “How’s it going?” with “Groovy, man, groovy” and watch the...

Our proclamation as the Church of Jesus Christ is that the world was created in an original harmony. This harmony was centered in the fact that the creation, particularly the image God that is...

It is natural that Christians would have a desire to be a part of God’s redemptive activity in the world and it is a sign of good health when a church is finding ways to use a variety of resources to...

John Wesley’s life and ministry transformed 18th century England. His proclamation of the gospel of freedom from sin and social liberation revolutionized society. The Methodist movement was marked by...

Emerging evidence in both the scientific and medical literature seems to indicate that several addictive behaviors some Wesleyans traditionally have recognized as sinful may be linked to mutations in...

In an ad dress to the 1982 Ox ford In sti tute of Meth od ist Theo log i cal Stud ies, Al bert C. Outler out lined an agenda for what he called “Phase III” of Wes ley Stud ies, pro pos ing a slo gan...

Postmodernists reject truth. At least that’s what many Christians think. Type “Christian,” “truth,” and “postmodern” into an Internet search engine, and you’ll find plenty of Christian apologists...

The book is organized into an introduction and six chapters followed by endnotes and a useful bibliography. In the introduction Brower begins by describing the contemporary state of the ecclesial...

Deirdre Brower Latz I think that I stumbled into practical theology. I am called to be a pastor, but love teaching, and when the opportunity presented itself to me to teach, I took it. Initially I was...

Rev. Marcos Canales Pastoral ministry contributes immensely to the ongoing dialogue of ecclesiology and missiology. I consider it extremely important to regard pastoral ministry as the crossroads...

Juan Fernandez I believe that as times continue to get tougher around the world, Christians will be forced to deal with tough questions about their faith. Lukewarm Christians will be pushed toward a...

Dr. David M. Phillips I am convinced that there has never been a time when having an educated clergy is more important. We are living in a day when many people are entering the ministry as a second...

Recent publications in pneumatology raise several issues often neglected in the past but now slowly making their way into Biblical scholarship. Previous writings focused upon the interpretation of the...

However, when discussing the term “power of the Spirit” within Pentecostalisms, there are very diverse perspectives that have outlined and shaped the current practices of Christian churches in South...

"What does it mean to be a Holy People who are empowered by the Holy Spirit? The seemingly contradictory title of this paper gives clues to my answer. Stated plainly, I will argue that a Holy People...

I would like to put forward four plausible axiomatic statements that seek to repair and reset a new “plausibility structure” to help make meaning and maintain focus on purpose and mission. These...

I would like to briefly articulate, in broad strokes, the view of a new creation eschatology and conclude with why it fits well within a Wesleyan theological perspective. In articulating the new...

To speak of the hope of a new creation is to be willing to break paradigms, to move to the future while moving back to the beginning-genesis without pretending to go back to fundamentalisms. To speak...

This edition includes an interesting array of essays, research articles and student submissions. The first half of this edition addresses a key theme that has shaped a number of recent conflicts...