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I am a [[Methodism|United Methodist]] pastor educated in a [[Calvinism|Presbyterian]] seminary. I am a committed [[Methodism|Wesleyan]]-[[Arminianism|Arminian]] [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]], and like to be open and respectful to the emphases of other Christian traditions ([[Calvinism]], [[Lutheranism]], [[Anglicanism]], [[Eastern Orthodoxy]], [[Roman Catholicism]], [[Baptist]], whatever), hopeful that we agree on what I would call essentials ([[Incarnation]], [[Trinity]], [[Atonement]], [[Resurrection]], etc.). I joined the WikiChristian community on 23 March 2005.
"Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus,
:who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited,
::but emptied himself,
::taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness.
And being found in human form,
:he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death —
::even death on a cross.
Therefore God also highly exalted him
:and gave him the name that is above every name,
:so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend,
::in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
:and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
:to the glory of God the Father."
::::- Philippians 2:5-11
"Let us go on to perfection..."
::::- Hebrews 6:1
"...the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this:
:that One has died for ''all'', therefore all have died;
:and He died for ''all'',
::that those who live might no longer live for themselves
::but for Him who for their sake died and was raised."
::::- 2 Corinthians 5:14-15
"The best of all is,
:God is with us."
::::- John Wesley (on his death bed)
"May 24, 1738 --
What occurred on Wednesday the 24th I think best to relate at large...
In the evening I went very unwillingly to a society in Aldersgate Street,
:where one was reading Luther's preface to the Epistle to the Romans.
About a quarter to nine,
:while he was describing the change which God works in the heart through faith in Christ,
::I felt my heart ''strangely warmed''.
I felt I ''did'' trust in Christ,
:Christ ''alone'' for salvation;
::and an assurance was given me that He had taken away my sins,
::even ''mine'',
and saved me from the law of sin and death."
::::- John Wesley (from his ''Journal'')
"As to things which do not strike at the root of Christianity,
:we think and let think."
::::- John Wesley (from ''The Character of a Methodist'')
"Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus,
:who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited,
::but emptied himself,
::taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness.
And being found in human form,
:he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death —
::even death on a cross.
Therefore God also highly exalted him
:and gave him the name that is above every name,
:so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend,
::in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
:and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
:to the glory of God the Father."
::::- Philippians 2:5-11
"Let us go on to perfection..."
::::- Hebrews 6:1
"...the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this:
:that One has died for ''all'', therefore all have died;
:and He died for ''all'',
::that those who live might no longer live for themselves
::but for Him who for their sake died and was raised."
::::- 2 Corinthians 5:14-15
"The best of all is,
:God is with us."
::::- John Wesley (on his death bed)
"May 24, 1738 --
What occurred on Wednesday the 24th I think best to relate at large...
In the evening I went very unwillingly to a society in Aldersgate Street,
:where one was reading Luther's preface to the Epistle to the Romans.
About a quarter to nine,
:while he was describing the change which God works in the heart through faith in Christ,
::I felt my heart ''strangely warmed''.
I felt I ''did'' trust in Christ,
:Christ ''alone'' for salvation;
::and an assurance was given me that He had taken away my sins,
::even ''mine'',
and saved me from the law of sin and death."
::::- John Wesley (from his ''Journal'')
"As to things which do not strike at the root of Christianity,
:we think and let think."
::::- John Wesley (from ''The Character of a Methodist'')
